MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai (File Phot)
COVID-19: Mos Nityanand Rai donates Rs 2 crore from MPLAD fund for his constituency in Bihar ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 09:47 IST
Samastipur (Bihar) [India], April 26 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai has given two crore from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund for purchasing equipment required in the fight against coronavirus.
The MPLAD funds (year 2019-20) are for the installation of two oxygen gas plants, four ventilators and four portable E-ray machines for his constituency in Ujiyarpur, Bihar.
In a letter to Samastipur District Officer, he said that the amount was for the year 2019-20, which was not spent.
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Nearly 70 per cent of the Rs 26.77 crore spent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds by the seven MPs in Mumbai and Thane region was dedicated to the construction of drainage systems, toilets and roads.
MPLAD is a central scheme, under which MPs can recommend development programmes involving spending of Rs 5 crore every year in their respective constituencies. For the MPLAD scheme, the guidelines focus on the creation of durable community assets, however, historically in Mumbai this money has mostly been spent on drainage work and construction of toilet blocks in view of the state of basic civic infrastructure in the city.
The court directed that Rs 1 lakh submitted by petitioner with its registry as security as per PIL rules stand forfeited and asked the registry to give the amount to the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority.