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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicMPLAD Fund

Topic: MPLAD Fund

Why Haryana Opposition is demanding local development fund for MLAs — ‘officials reject projects’ 

Opposition legislators also claim they're not receiving enough promised funds from administration. But CM asserts MLAs have to get development work done under government schemes.

Tuition fee to marriages, Indian MPs have to go beyond duty, but MPLAD fund just not enough

From conducting weddings to paying school tuition, MPs often go beyond the call of duty to satisfy constituents, and receive little help from the government.

Modi kits, oxygen langars, mangrove planting — Lok Sabha MPs list their ‘Covid achievements’

The Lok Sabha secretariat has published a compilation of MPs’ initiatives to alleviate suffering during the pandemic. Full details will eventually be uploaded on the House website.

Like Patel, Bose, Nehru, Indian MPs & MLAs must start at the bottom: in civic, panchayat bodies

Resistance to decentralisation does not come much from All-India Service officers but from state-level political leadership who know their powers of patronage will be curtailed.

PM, MPs, ministers, President take 30% pay cut for a year to boost govt’s Covid-19 efforts

MPLADS fund has been suspended for two years, and the money — amounting to approximately Rs 7,900 cr — will be given to the Consolidated Fund of India.

Gujarat Congress claims Smriti Irani misappropriated MPLAD funds, official denies

Anand’s district collector, whose ‘order’ the Congress is quoting, said the inquiry and allegations were against officials and contractors but not Irani.

On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

India’s public debt stabilising post pandemic hike as Centre cuts burden, but states lag—Economic Survey

While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.