Govt revises norms for Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 2023
Govt
revises norms for Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 2023
Why In News
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The Minister of
State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Rao Inderjit Singh, launched
the revised norms for MPLADS (Members of Parliament
Local Area Development Scheme).
Key Points
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The Minister of
State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Rao Inderjit Singh, launched
the revised norms for MPLADS (Members of Parliament
Local Area Development Scheme).
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He also launched a
new Web Portal for the Revised Fund Flow Procedure under MPLADS.
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The new MPLADs guidelines
and the web portal will come into effect from April 1,
2023, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
said.
Significance
of the revised set of guidelines:
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The revised set of
guidelines aims to broaden the scope of the scheme
so as to enable the parliamentarians to recommend developmental works as per
the changing needs of the community with an emphasis on improving the
functioning, implementation and monitoring of the MPLAD scheme.
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The revised rules
will enable MPs to recommend developmental works as per the requirement of
their constituency.