Lok Sabha Question No. 2807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Development Work under MPLAD Funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal, Ms Kangna Ranaut, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Smt. Anita Nagarsingh Chouhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2807

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDER MPLAD FUNDS

2807. MS. KANGNA RANAUT:

DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:

SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) the details with regard to the time frame for issuing of various sanctions to the works by the local administration in the wake of the developmental works recommended by the Members of Parliament under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the inordinate delay in issuing of sanctions to these development works by the local administration;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken against the guilty officers in order to check the inordinate delays;
- (d) whether the Government has any plan to assess the loss of Government revenue due to inordinate delays in development works to be undertaken under the MPLAD funds; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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) As per the MPLADS Guidelines 2023, the sanction/rejection in respect of all recommendations made by the Member of Parliament shall be issued by  the  Implementing  District  Authority  within  45  days  from  the  date  of receipt of the recommendations to the Implementing District Authority.

(b) & (c) As per the MPLADS  Guidelines,  the  Implementing  District Authority  shall,  before  sanctioning  any  work,  ensure  that  all  requisite statutory and regulatory clearances have been obtained from the competent authorities, that the work conforms to the MPLADS Guidelines, and that a written  undertaking  has  been  obtained  from  the  concerned  User  Agency confirming its willingness to bear the operation and maintenance costs of the proposed asset from its own resources. It  has  been  observed  that  delays  in  the  issuance  of  administrative  and technical sanctions for works recommended under the MPLAD Scheme are generally attributable to factors such as submission of incomplete proposals,  local  disputes,  constraints  relating  to  land  availability  or  site feasibility, requirements of statutory clearances, and technical issues at the district  level. As per the MPLADS Guidelines, the responsibility for timely scrutiny, sanction, and execution of works rests with the District Authorities. The Ministry regularly reviews the implementation of the Scheme through quarterly and monthly review meetings with States, Union Territories, and District Authorities, highlighting the deviations from the timeline stipulated in the MPLADS Guidelines with regard to sanction and completion of works, and  requests  for  corrective  action/compliance  from  the  concerned.  For objective  monitoring,  pendency  reports  are  disseminated  to  States/UTs, highlighting  works  pending  for  sanction  beyond  45  days,  works  not completed within one year of sanction, and works where no payments have been made within three months of sanction. Whenever instances  of  inordinate  delay  are  brought  to  the  notice  of  the Ministry,  the  concerned  State/UT  Government  and  District  Authority  are requested to examine the matter and take appropriate administrative action against the responsible officials under the applicable service rules. They are also advised to strengthen internal monitoring and oversight mechanisms to ensure timely implementation of works recommended by Hon'ble Members of Parliament. (d) & (e) No  Sir.  However,  the  Ministry  periodically  undertakes  a  ThirdParty  Physical  Evaluation  of  MPLADS  works,  to  assess  the  efficiency,  & impact of the Scheme.

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