{"id":2184,"date":"2024-04-25T04:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2024-04-25T04:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:05:48","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-funds-under-members-of-parliament-local-area-development-scheme-mplads-which-of-the-following-statements-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-funds-under-members-of-parliament-local-area-development-scheme-mplads-which-of-the-following-statements-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the funds under Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which of the following statements are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
    \n
  1. MPLADS funds must be used to create durable assets like physical infrastructure for health, education, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A specified portion of each MP\u2019s fund must benefit SC\/ST populations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. MPLADS funds are sanctioned on a yearly basis and the\u00a0unused funds cannot be carried forward<\/strong>\u00a0to the next year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The district authority must inspect at least 10% of all works under implementation every year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 4 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      \n

      Answer:<\/strong> (d) 1, 2 and 4 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      MPLADS Scheme:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • It is a\u00a0Central Sector Scheme<\/strong>\u00a0which was announced in\u00a0December 1993.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Objective:<\/strong>\n
          \n
        • To enable MPs to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets<\/strong>\u00a0in the areas of drinking water, primary education, public health, sanitation and roads, etc. primarily in their Constituencies.\n
            \n
          • Since June 2016, the MPLAD funds can also be used for implementation of the schemes such as\u00a0Swachh Bharat Abhiyan<\/strong>,\u00a0Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)<\/strong>, conservation of water through rain water harvesting and\u00a0Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana<\/strong>,\u00a0etc.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Implementation:<\/strong>\n
              \n
            • The process under MPLADS starts with the Members of Parliament recommending works to the\u00a0Nodal District Authority<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The Nodal District concerned is responsible for implementing the eligible works recommended by the Members of Parliament and maintaining the details of individual works executed and amount spent under the Scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The document \u2018Guidelines on MPLADS\u2019 was published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in June 2016<\/strong>, It recommended MPs to recommend works in the area with at least\u00a015 per cent of their entitlement for the year for areas inhabited by Scheduled Caste population and 7.5 per cent for areas inhabited by ST population.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The district authority must inspect at least 10% of all works under implementation every year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Functioning:<\/strong>\n
                \n
              • Each year,\u00a0MPs receive Rs. 5 crore in two instalments of Rs. 2.5 crore each.<\/strong>\u00a0Funds under MPLADS are\u00a0non-lapsable.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Lok Sabha MPs have to recommend the district authorities projects in their Lok Sabha constituencies<\/strong>, while\u00a0Rajya Sabha MPs have to spend it in the state that has elected them to the House.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Nominated Members of both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the country<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                \"MPLAD<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 4 only MPLADS Scheme:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[53],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-53"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":53,"label":"2020"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}