Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_Local_Area_Development_Fund

Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Fund

Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Fund

Budgets for Indian state legislators

Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Funds (MLA-LAD) are constituency development funds provided by India's states to their MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly). Each MLA can use their Fund for small development projects in their constituency.[1]:27[2]

States

The MLA-LAD scheme was launched in Karnataka in the fiscal year 2001–02.[3]

In Uttar Pradesh, the MLA-LAD funds are Rs 3 crore per year since 2020.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Constituency Development Funds: Scoping Paper | Publications". International Budget Partnership. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. [2]
    "Across party lines: MLAs donate LAD funds for fight against Covid". The Indian Express. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  3. [3]
    M, Akshatha. "How Bengaluru's 28 MLAs spent their local area development funds". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  4. [4]
    "Local area development fund for UP MLAs hiked". Hindustan Times. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-05-05.


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