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MPLADS: ₹5 crore a year, now in one instalment

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: MPLADS: ₹5 crore a year, now in one instalment (GS2 · Polity, 11 August 2025)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 20201 PYQ

UPSC has already asked about this. Read the story with these questions in mind.

What happened

  • Each MP gets ₹5.00 crore a year under MPLADS since 2011-12 [PIB].
  • Since 1 April 2023, with the eSAKSHI portal, the amount is authorised in a single instalment at the start of the year [PIB].

Background

  • The Revised MPLADS Guidelines, 2023 govern use [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Same amount regardless of constituency size is a recurring debate.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Parliament and State legislatures

  1. As per PIB (2025-08-11): each MP gets ₹5.00 crore a year under MPLADS since 2011-12.
  2. Same amount regardless of constituency size is a recurring debate.
Quotable data point

Since 1 April 2023, with the eSAKSHI portal, the amount is authorised in a single instalment at the start of the year.

PIB: MPLADS revised guidelines, 11 Aug 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: MPLADS amount.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

MPLADS annual entitlement per MP

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

MPLADS fund flow portal

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: MPLADS revised guidelines, 11 Aug 2025

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