Question : IRREGULARITIES IN MPLAD SCHEME



(a) whether the Hon’ble Supreme Court has pronounced its judgement on the constitutional validity of MPLAD Scheme; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (DR. M.S. GILL)

(a) Yes sir.

(b) The Hon’ble Supreme has held that the impugned MPLAD Scheme is valid and intra vires of the Constitution and all the writ petitions as well as the transferred cases are liable to be dismissed as devoid of any merit, consequently, the same were dismissed.