(a) whether the interest accrued on the funds released under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme is used for developmental works;
(b) if so, the interest accrued on such funds so far, State-wise and the manner in which the Government propose to use the said amount;
(c) whether any review has been conducted regarding implementation of the MPLADS;
(d) if so, the outcome thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE
IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND
PUBLIC GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
AND PENSIONS (SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)
`A statement is laid on the table of the House`
Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha
Starred Question No.364 by Shri Uttamrao Dhikale scheduled for
answer on 19.4.2000.
(a) & (b) The interest accrued on the MPLADS funds deposited
with the nationalised Banks may be used at the
recommendation of the MP concerned for the same
purpose for which the basic amount has been
allocated. The details regarding interest accrued
on the MPLADS funds are available with the
respective District Collectors.
(c) to (e) Implementation of the scheme was reviewed by the
Comptroller & Auditor General of India, whose
report for the year ending March 1997 (Report No.3
of 1998, Union Government-Civil) was laid on the
table of the Parliament on 11.6.98.
A new evaluation study of the MPLADS has been entrusted to the
Programme Evaluation Organisation of the Planning Commission.