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MPs in quandary: Lawmakers yet to donate MPLAD funds to coronavirus relief

MPs say there is pressure from their constituents to distribute personal protective equipment in hospitals in their constituencies

35 Lok Sabha MPs allocate Rs 1 cr from MPLADS fund to fight Coronavirus

Sources in the Lok Sabha secretariat said around 35 MPs have sent their consent forms for allocation of the money from their MPLADS fund to fight coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Sonia Gandhi offers MPLADs fund to Rae Bareli administration

In a letter to the Rae Bareli district magistrate, Gandhi asked him to use the funds as per the requirement of the constituency

This West Bengal MP scored 116% in the utilisation of MPLADS funds

Projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore were recommended by MPs cutting across party lines and the amount sanctioned was Rs 902.44 crore

A little more than Rs 120 billion of MPLAD funds lying unused, says report

The report showed that there are 2,920 pending installments of Rs 25 million each, making it about Rs 73 billion worth of installments that have not been released

States still have 318 active MPLADS accounts of previous Lok Sabha: Mospi

The maximum number of active accounts are 39 with Maharashtra followed by Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at 27 each

'MPs spent more near elections but this had little impact on poll result'

The MPLADS fund provided Rs 2 crore every year to each MP between 2009 and 2011