Lok Sabha Question No. 2006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Monthly Progress Report
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2006

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9 TH  MARCH, 2016

## MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT

## 2006. SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH:

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

PROGRAMME

- (a) whether Monthly Progress Reports (MPR) are not timely updated by different Deputy Commissioner Offices in the State of Assam;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether due to non-submission of timely MPR, it causes delay in sanction and release of MPLAD funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has issued certain instructions to the State Government Deputy Commissioners' Offices to update the MPR in time; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.) V.K. SINGH (Retd.)]

(a) to (e):   Para  6.4  (viii)  of  the  Guidelines  on  MPLADS  inter-alia stipulates  that  the  Nodal  District  Authority  shall  submit  Monthly Progress  Report  (MPR)  on  or  before  the  10 th   of  the  succeeding month.

Release of MPLADS funds from Government of India is dependent on furnishing of the Monthly Progress Report as well as on furnishing of the  Utilisation  Certificate  and  Audit  Certificate.  Para  4.3  of  the

Guidelines lays down  the following conditions for release of MPLADS funds:

The first instalment of Rs. 2.5 crore at the time of constitution of the Lok Sabha or election of the Rajya Sabha Member is released in the beginning of the financial year.

In  the  remaining  years,  the  first  instalment  is  released  in  the beginning  of  the  financial  year  subject  to  the  condition  that  the second instalment of the previous year was released for the Member of  Parliament  concerned  and  also  subject  to  furnishing  of  the provisional  Utilisation  Certificate  of  the  previous  year  covering  at least 80% of the expenditure of the first instalment of the previous year.

The  second  instalment  of  Rs.2.5  crore  is  released  subject  to  the fulfillment of the following conditions:-

(i) the  unsanctioned  balance  available  in  the  account  of  the District Authority after taking into consideration the cost of all the works sanctioned is less than Rs. 1 crore; (ii) the unspent balance available in the account of the Member of Parliament concerned is less than Rs. 2.5 crore; and Utilisation Certificate and Audit Certificate of the immediately been

- (iii) concluded financial year ending 31 st March have furnished by the District Authority.

(i) and (ii) above are obtained from Monthly Progress Report.

Cases of delay in submission of Monthly Progress Report, Utilisation Certificate  and  Audit  Certificate  required  for  release  of  MPLADS funds, including in the State of Assam, are regularly taken up with the concerned Nodal District Authorities and State Governments by this Ministry on a continuing basis.

Instructions regarding time-bound and rule-bound implementation of MPLADS are regularly reiterated.

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