The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday revoked the disqualification of BSP leader Afzal Ansari as a member of the Lower House after the Supreme Court conditionally suspended his conviction in a Gangsters Act case.
Several datasets which were to be released this year have been delayed, increasing the total number of delayed datasets critical for governance and decision-Making
The MPLAD can be used for purchase of medical equipment for government hospitals, costing not less than Rs 5 lakh. The new MPLAD guidelines, released in April, allow for construction of rooms for hospitals, public healthcare centres, Anganwadi centres by utilising MPLAD funds. Rao Inderjeet Singh had earlier stated that list of works which can be funded using MPLADS was not exhaustive and that new works could be added on the recommendations of a Member of Parliament subject to "the overall principles of the Scheme."
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