Lok Sabha Question No. 988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Enhancement of MPLAD Fund
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.988 ANSWERED ON 08-02-2023

## ENHANCEMENT OF MPLAD FUND

988. SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to increase the amount of MPLAD fund;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of disbursement of MPLAD fund as on 31 January, 2023 for the Members of Parliament from West Bengal?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c)     The  Ministry  regularly  receives  suggestions  from  various stakeholders regarding Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), including suggestions to increase MPLADS funds, which are examined as per due process.
- (d)      The details of disbursement of MPLADS fund as on 31 January, 2023  for  the  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  (Lok  Sabha)  from  West Bengal, are attached (Annexure).

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## ANNEXURE

## {ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (d)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 988 FOR ANSWER ON 08-02-2023}

Statement showing details of disbursement of MPLADS Fund to Hon'ble Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from West Bengal as on 31-01-2023

|   S.No. | MPName                           | Constituency    | District                   |   Total GOI Release (in Rs. Crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Dr. (Smt.) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | Barasat         | North Twenty Four Parganas |                                9.5 |
|       2 | Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy            | Jalpaiguri(Sc)  | Jalpaiguri                 |                                5   |
|       3 | Dr. Subhas Sarkar                | Bankura         | Bankura                    |                                5   |
|       4 | Dr. Sukanta Majumdar             | Balurghat       | South Dinajpur             |                                9.5 |
|       5 | Ms. Mahua Moitra                 | Krishnanagar    | Nadia                      |                               12   |
|       6 | Ms. Mimi Chakraborty             | Jadavpur        | South Twenty Four Parganas |                                9.5 |
|       7 | Ms. Debasree Chaudhuri           | Raiganj         | North Dinajpur             |                               12   |
|       8 | Prof. Saugata Roy                | Dum Dum         | North Twenty Four Parganas |                                7   |
|       9 | Shri. Saumitra Khan              | Bishnupur(Sc)   | Bankura                    |                                5   |
|      10 | Shri Abhishek Banerjee           | Diamond Harbour | South Twenty Four Parganas |                                9.5 |
|      11 | Shri Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury    | Maldaha Dakshin | Malda                      |                                9.5 |
|      12 | Shri Abu Taher Khan              | Murshidabad     | Murshidabad                |                                7   |
|      13 | Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury      | Baharampur      | Murshidabad                |                                7   |
|      14 | Shri Arjun Singh                 | Barrackpur      | North Twenty Four Parganas |                                7   |
|      15 | Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua       | Mathurapur(Sc)  | South Twenty Four Parganas |                                9.5 |
|      16 | Shri Deepak (Dev) Adhikari       | Ghatal          | Paschimi Medinipur         |                                7   |
|      17 | Shri Dibyendu Adhikari           | Tamluk          | Purba Medinipur            |                                7   |
|      18 | Shri Dilip Ghosh                 | Medinipur       | Paschimi Medinipur         |                                7   |
|      19 | Shri John Barla                  | Alipurduars(St) | Alipurduar                 |                                7   |
|      20 | Shri Jyotirmay Singh Mahato      | Purulia         | Purulia                    |                                5   |
|      21 | Shri Kalyan Banerjee             | Sreerampur      | Hooghly                    |                                7   |
|      22 | Shri Khagen Murmu                | Maldaha Uttar   | Malda                      |                                7   |
|      23 | Shri Khalilur Rahaman            | Jangipur        | Murshidabad                |                                7   |
|      24 | Shri Kunar Hembram               | Jhargram(St)    | Jhargram                   |                                7   |

|   25 | Shri Nisith Pramanik        | Coochbehar(Sc)      | Cooch Behar                |   9.5 |
|------|-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------|
|   26 | Shri Prasun Banerjee        | Howrah              | Howrah                     |   7   |
|   27 | Shri Raju Bista             | Darjeeling          | Darjeeling                 |   7   |
|   28 | Shri S.S. Ahluwalia         | Bardhaman-Durgapur  | Purba Bardhaman            |   2.5 |
|   29 | Shri Shantanu Thakur        | Bangaon(Sc)         | North Twenty Four Parganas |   7   |
|   30 | Shri Shatrughan Sinha       | Asansol             | Paschim Bardhaman          |   2.5 |
|   31 | Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari   | Kanthi              | Purba Medinipur            |   7   |
|   32 | Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay    | Kolkata Uttar       | Kolkata                    |   5   |
|   33 | Shri Sunil Kumar Mondal     | Bardhaman Purba(Sc) | Purba Bardhaman            |   7   |
|   34 | Shri. Asit Kumar Mal        | Bolpur(Sc)          | Birbhum                    |   9.5 |
|   35 | Shri Jagannath Sarkar       | Ranaghat(Sc)        | Nadia                      |   7   |
|   36 | Smt. Nusrat Jahan Ruhi      | Basirhat            | North Twenty Four Parganas |   7   |
|   37 | Smt. Aparupa Poddar         | Arambag(Sc)         | Hooghly                    |   7   |
|   38 | Smt. Locket Chatterjee      | Hooghly             | Hooghly                    |   7   |
|   39 | Smt. Mala Roy               | Kolkata Dakshin     | Kolkata                    |   9.5 |
|   40 | Smt. Pratima Mondal         | Joynagar(Sc)        | South Twenty Four Parganas |   7   |
|   41 | Smt. Sajda Ahmed            | Uluberia            | Howrah                     |   9.5 |
|   42 | Smt. Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) | Birbhum             | Birbhum                    |   7   |

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