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.
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.
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.
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.
The govt had suspended MPLADS in April last year and said the funds would be used for managing health services and the adverse impact of the Covid pandemic in the country.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and TMC leader Sudeep Bandopadhyay were among those who raised the issue of MPLAD funds during the all-party meeting held on Sunday.
Opposition members in both Houses press for restoration of MPLADS fund, which has been suspended for two years, saying it was necessary to carry out development work.
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.
Anand’s district collector, whose ‘order’ the Congress is quoting, said the inquiry and allegations were against officials and contractors but not Irani.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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