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Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Fund

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

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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.1:272

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

References

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