Archive · 12 Oct 2026
How to Track Your MP’s Rs 5 Crore Local Development Funds
Every MP can recommend up to Rs 5 crore a year for local projects, such as roads, schools, and water facilities.
The money does not go directly to the MP.
District officials check the proposed work and decide whether to approve it.
People can use a government website to see what was proposed, approved, spent, and reported as completed.
If the website does not answer a question, they can request records through the Right to Information Act.
Checking a project does not prove anything went wrong, but it can help people find out what happened.
Under the MPLADS scheme, each Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP has an annual entitlement of Rs 5 crore, released in two installments.
MPs recommend projects, but district authorities assess and sanction them before implementing agencies carry out the work.
The eSAKSHI portal lets citizens check recommended and sanctioned works, recorded expenditure, and project status by state and constituency.
If online information is incomplete, citizens can use the Right to Information Act to request project records such as work orders and completion documents.
The article cites gaps between recommended funds and recorded expenditure, while noting that the figures alone do not explain why money remains unspent.
- Who
- Citizens checking projects recommended by their Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha MP.
- What
- How to track MPLADS recommendations, sanctions, expenditure, and project progress using a government portal or RTI requests.
- When
- MPLADS was launched on 23 December 1993; the eSAKSHI system became effective on 1 April 2023.
- Where
- Across Indian parliamentary constituencies, through the eSAKSHI portal and relevant public authorities.
- Why
- To help citizens follow public development funds and verify what projects were carried out.
- Annual entitlement
- Rs 5 crore per MP
- Installments
- Two installments of Rs 2.5 crore
- Scheme launch
- 23 December 1993
- eSAKSHI launch
- 22 February 2023
- eSAKSHI effective date
- 1 April 2023
- Scheduled Caste allocation requirement
- At least 15% of an MP's annual entitlement must be recommended for areas with Scheduled Caste populations.
- Scheduled Tribe allocation requirement
- At least 7.5% of an MP's annual entitlement must be recommended for areas with Scheduled Tribe populations.