Lok Sabha Question No. 261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Increasing MPLAD Funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy, Dr. M P Abdussamad Samadani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## INCREASING MPLAD FUNDS

261. SMT. MALA ROY: DR. M P ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI:

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

(a) whether the Government has any plan to increase MPLAD funds keeping  in  view  the  rise  in  Prices  of  various  materials;  if  so,  the details thereof; and

(b) the details of amount released under MPLAD fund to the MPs of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha?

## 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  CULTURE  [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a) 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.

(b)  Statement  showing  the  details  of  authorization  released  under MPLADS fund to the MPs of West Bengal in the  18 th  Lok Sabha is enclosed (Annexure-I).

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## {Annexure referred to in part (b) of Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 261 for answer on 24.07.2024}

## Table: The details of authorization released under MPLADS fund to the MPs of West Bengal in the 18 th  Lok Sabha

₹ in crore

|   Sr.No. | Name of Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Shri/Smt/Ms/Dr/Prof/Adv)   | Constituency        |   Total Allocated Limit |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Manoj Tigga                                                      | Alipurduars(St)     |                       5 |
|        2 | Bag Mitali                                                       | Arambag(Sc)         |                       5 |
|        3 | Pathan Yusuf                                                     | Baharampur          |                       5 |
|        4 | Arup Chakraborty                                                 | Bankura             |                       5 |
|        5 | Sharmila Sarkar                                                  | Bardhaman Purba(Sc) |                       5 |
|        6 | Partha Bhowmick                                                  | Barrackpur          |                       5 |
|        7 | SK Nurul Islam                                                   | Basirhat            |                       5 |
|        8 | Sayani Ghosh                                                     | Jadavpur            |                       5 |
|        9 | Adhikari Soumendu                                                | Kanthi              |                       5 |
|       10 | Bapi Haldar                                                      | Mathurapur(Sc)      |                       5 |
|       11 | June Maliah                                                      | Medinipur           |                       5 |
|       12 | Kartick Chandra Paul                                             | Raiganj             |                       5 |
|       13 | Abhijit Gangopadhyay                                             | Tamluk              |                       5 |
|       14 | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia                                   | Coochbehar(Sc)      |                       5 |
|       15 | Kalipada Saren                                                   | Jhargram(St)        |                       5 |
|       16 | Isha Khan Choudhury                                              | Maldaha Dakshin     |                       5 |
|       17 | Azad Kirti Jha                                                   | Bardhaman-Durgapur  |                       5 |
|       18 | Shatrughan Sinha                                                 | Asansol             |                       5 |

|   19 | Sukanta Majumdar       | Balurghat       |   5.00 |
|------|------------------------|-----------------|--------|
|   20 | Shantanu Thakur        | Bangaon(Sc)     |      5 |
|   21 | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar  | Barasat         |      5 |
|   22 | Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) | Birbhum         |      5 |
|   23 | Saumitra Khan          | Bishnupur(Sc)   |      5 |
|   24 | Asit Kumar Mal         | Bolpur(Sc)      |      5 |
|   25 | Raju Bista             | Darjeeling      |      5 |
|   26 | Deepak (Dev) Adhikari  | Ghatal          |      5 |
|   27 | Prasun Banerjee        | Howrah          |      5 |
|   28 | Jayanta Kumar Roy      | Jalpaiguri(Sc)  |      5 |
|   29 | Khalilur Rahaman       | Jangipur        |      5 |
|   30 | Pratima Mondal         | Joynagar(Sc)    |      5 |
|   31 | Mala Roy               | Kolkata Dakshin |      5 |
|   32 | Mahua Moitra           | Krishnanagar    |      5 |
|   33 | Khagen Murmu           | Maldaha Uttar   |      5 |
|   34 | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | Purulia         |      5 |
|   35 | Jagannath Sarkar       | Ranaghat(Sc)    |      5 |
|   36 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay    | Kolkata Uttar   |      5 |
|   37 | Smt Sajda Ahmed        | Uluberia        |      5 |
|   38 | Abu Taher Khan         | Murshidabad     |      5 |
|   39 | Sougata Ray            | Dum Dum         |      5 |
|   40 | Kalyan Banerjee        | Sreerampur      |      5 |
|   41 | Abhishek Banerjee      | Diamond Harbour |      5 |
|   42 | Rachna Banerjee        | Hooghly         |      5 |

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