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In the year 1993, the Government of India announced the guidelines of funds allotted for the MPLAD Scheme, under the control of “The rural development ministry”. In the year 1994, in the month of October, this decision was transferred to the Ministry of Programme Implementation and Statistics. There are various objectives of the MPLAD Scheme, such as the recommendation to allow the members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to work in any part of the country. It also states that the members of Lok Sabha can recommend works within constituencies.
Key Points of the Salary Cut and Suspension of MPLADS
In order to state the reason for suspension and salary cut the identified key points of the Salary Cut and Suspension of MPLAD, are 30% of the remuneration cut from the salaries of MPs will go to the “Consolidated Fund of India” and this will help to provide the needy with foods, medicine, and other medical necessities during the pandemic of COVID19. The government has also decided to suspend the MPLADS [Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme]. In order to mention the key points about the MPLAD Scheme, it can be stated that the members were suspended for two consecutive financial years, from 2020 to 2022 and this saved a huge amount of revenue to fight the COVID19 pandemic crisis. The key points of the Salary Cut and Suspension of MPLAD also highlight that this 30% of remuneration cut was applicable to all MPs, including the council of ministers and the prime minister of India for two financial years. All the state governors, Vice president and the president of India also decided to accept the salary cut for the betterment of the country.
MPLAD Scheme
In order to know about the MPLAD Scheme, it is important to understand first that it is the “central sector” scheme, which is fully funded by the Indian Government and constitution members. MPLAD Scheme was mainly formulated by the Indian Government in the year 1993 on 23rd of December. This scheme provides all the members of the Indian parliament to recommend some developmental works in their communities and in their own constituencies which will have an emphasis on creating community assets that are durable and fulfil all locality needs. The major responsibilities of this MPLAD Scheme are to develop the areas of India which have less availability of drinking water, well-constructed roads, sanitation, primary education and public health policy. In the context of funds allotted for the MPLAD Scheme, it can be stated that the Indian “Contingency Fund” mainly deals with funds raised for disaster control.
Funds Allotted for the MPLAD Scheme
In the context of “about MPLAD Scheme” suspension, it is very important to also know about the funds allotted for the MPLAD Scheme. It has been found that based on the salary hike of the year 2018, the ministers of India used to get a salary of 170000 lakh per month as the allowances of the constituency. The MPs also used to generate 60,000 for running several offices besides “other perks”. After 30% of a salary cut, for consecutive financial years from MP’s salaries, the amount that has been saved to fight the COVID19 crisis was about 8,000 crores and had been moved to the Indian “Consolidation fund”. A thousand crores of total amount have been contributed by 74 members of Rajya Sabha and about 265 crores had been provided by the members of Lok Sabha for the betterment of the country and its people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Conclusion
To highlight the facts about the MPLAD Scheme and key points of the Salary Cut and Suspension of MPLADS, it can mention that the “Consolidated Fund ” has been constituted under Indian Constitution’s Article no. 266. This fund is composed of all revenues collected by the Indian Government from treasury bills, Income tax, Central Excise, and other non-tax revenues. All loans that the government raised from public internal debt and the International institution were also incorporated into this fund.
