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The new eSakshi app will provide an interface to capture the “entire MPLAD scheme cycle, providing convenience and accessibility like never before,” the ministry said. The initiative comes under the ministry s plan to make the MPLAD fund cycle more efficient. Last year, it launched new revised guidelines to help the members of parliament channel funds and recommend works per their constituency s needs and launched the SAKSHI portal to track progress under the scheme. ....
Approval is pending from a majority of states for the finalization of nationwide results of the seventh economic census, according to the Ministry of Statistics Planning and Programme Implementation. Out of the 35 states and UTs participating in the census, 22 are yet to grant approval. ....
The MPLAD can be used for purchase of medical equipment for government hospitals, costing not less than Rs 5 lakh. The new MPLAD guidelines, released in April, allow for construction of rooms for hospitals, public healthcare centres, Anganwadi centres by utilising MPLAD funds. Rao Inderjeet Singh had earlier stated that list of works which can be funded using MPLADS was not exhaustive and that new works could be added on the recommendations of a Member of Parliament subject to "the overall principles of the Scheme." ....
Sikkim had the highest per capita income at current prices of Rs 5,19,964, whereas Bihar had the lowest per capita income in 2022-23, according to data shared by Rao Inderjeet Singh, Minister of State (independent charge) of the Ministry of Statistics Planning and Programme Implementation, informed Rajya Sabha, Monday. ....