Lok Sabha Question No. 3296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Modified Guidelines for fund release under MPLADS
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao, Mohan Mandavi, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3296

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## MODIFIED GUIDELINES FOR FUND RELEASE UNDER MPLADS

3296. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has modified the guidelines regarding the release of  funds  under  the  Members  of  Parliament  Local  Area  Development  Fund Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the date by which the said changes are likely to be effective;
- (d) whether the District magistrates/implementing agencies of several districts have surrendered the already available MPLADS  funds  to the Central Government CNA account after the implementation of the new guidelines;
- (e)  if  so,  the  State/district-wise  details  of  the  funds  surrendered  including Chhattisgarh  and  Jharkhand  particularly  Latehar  district  under  the  Chatra Parliamentary Constituency;
- (f) whether the Ministry proposes to return the said amount to the districts;
- (g) if so, the reasons for delay in the said process;
- (h) whether the District Magistrates/Implementing Agencies have been authorized to withdraw the said funds online; and
- (i) if not, the reasons for delay in the said authorization?

## 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) Yes, Sir.

(b)  Revised  MPLADS  Guidelines,  2023  are  available  on  MPLADS  Portal  at mplads.gov.in (c) The Revised Guidelines have become effective w.e.f. 1st April, 2023. (d) Yes, Sir. (e) Details of the Districts which surrendered the funds are given in Annexure-I. (f) & (g) The Ministry receives and examine the requests of the districts for the return of the surrendered fund and returns the funds on submission of complete and accurate details from the districts. The Ministry has returned the funds for the District viz. Bandipore, Jammu & Kashmir; Faridabad, Haryana and Karauli, Rajasthan after examining the requests received from the concerned District Authorities.  The  details  of  the  funds  returned  by  the  Ministry  are  given  in Annexure-II. (h) & (i) Under the revised Fund Flow Procedure, effective from 1-4-2023, the Central Nodal Agency (CNA) gives expenditure limit authorization equal to the entire annual entitlement of an Hon'ble MP at the beginning of the financial year, subject  to  the  conditions  laid  down  in  the  Revised  MPLADS  Guidelines.  The money actually flows from the CNA Account to the vendor on real time basis only at the time of payment based on the principle of 'Just in time release'.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## {ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (e)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2023}

## Statement showing details of the Districts which surrendered the funds as on 02.08.2023.

|   S.No. | State/UT       | District             | Amount (In ₹.)   |
|---------|----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Jharkhand      | Ranchi (State Nodal) | 24,74,40,064.51  |
|       2 | Goa            | South Goa            | 4,25,28,430.00   |
|       3 | Jharkhand      | Latehar              | 3,02,62,743.59   |
|       4 | A &NIslands    | Andaman              | 1,08,43,021.00   |
|       5 | Odisha         | Sundargarh           | 96,89,038.62     |
|       6 | Jharkhand      | Gumla                | 48,65,221.60     |
|       7 | Manipur        | Senapati             | 5,11,342.00      |
|       8 | Uttar Pradesh  | Azamgarh             | 43,457.73        |
|       9 | Nagaland       | Dimapur              | 19,488.80        |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir | Bandipore            | 1,81,69,400.00   |
|      11 | Haryana        | Faridabad            | 3,04,40,312.78   |
|      12 | Rajasthan      | Karauli              | 6,21,53,600.16   |

ANNEXURE-II {ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (f) & (g) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2023} Statement  showing  details  of  the  funds  returned  by  the  Ministry  as  on

## 02.08.2023.

|   S.No. | State/UT       | District   | Amount (In ₹.)   |
|---------|----------------|------------|------------------|
|       1 | Jammu &Kashmir | Bandipore  | 1,81,69,400.00   |
|       2 | Haryana        | Faridabad  | 3,04,40,312.78   |
|       3 | Rajasthan      | Karauli    | 6,21,53,600.16   |

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