Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

- Every Parliament member of both the houses has been given an authority to recommend various development projects for his/her Parliament Constituency to the concerned District Magistrate.
- Under this scheme, a ceiling of Rs. 10 lakh has been fixed for one such project. A total annual ceiling of Rs. 1 crore was fixed for each MP when the scheme was introduced in Dec. 1993, but on Dec. 23, 1998 it was increased to Rs. 2 crore.
- The District Magistrate has to investigate at least 10% of the total work done every year under this scheme.
- This scheme was introduced by the Government to enable the Members of Parliament to actively participate in the development programmes relating to their respective areas. Since the other on going schemes like IRDP, JRY etc., are tagged with specific rules and regulations and thus, leave no favour to Members of Parliament for initiating any development programme independently in the area.
- Realising this very practical difficulty the then Prime Minister Mr. P. V. Narsimha Rao introduced this scheme on 23rd December, 1993.
- In the beginning, this scheme was implemented by Rural Development Ministry but since October 1994, the implementation of this scheme was transferred to the Department of Programme Implementation.
Twenty Point Programme (TPP)
- Under the slogan of 'Garibi' Hatao' Twenty Point Programme was started in 1975. This programme was reconstituted twice in the years 1982 and 1986. The reconstituted Twenty Point Programme 1986 is in operation since April 1, 1987. The twenty points of this programme are as follows
Attack on Rural Poverty.0
Strategy for Agriculture Dependent on Rains.
Better Utilisation of Irrigation Water.
Bigger Harvests.
Enforcement of Land Refomu.
Special Programmes for Rural Labour.
Clean Drinking Water.
Healthfor all.
Two-Child Norm.
Expansion of Education.
Justice for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes.
Equalityfor Women.
New Opportunities for the Youth.
Reside/1Cial Housesfor People.
Improvement of the Urban Slums.
New Strategy for Forestry.
Protection of Environment.
Concernfor the Consumer.
Energy for the Villages.
A Responsible Administration.