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Delhi — how the MLA fund works

How the MLA constituency fund works in Delhi — the yearly allotment per MLA, how works are approved and paid for, and what the rules allow — taken from official orders and shown with their sources. It does not show how each MLA spent it.

Official orders · 70 MLAsSource: State Government ordersData updated · MLA fund rules (stored extraction) · by furquan
हर विधायक को
Fund per MLA, per year
₹5 crore
Latest official figure found: 2026-27 · Order for 2026-27 (date not legible in the scanned PDF); the 09 May 2025 order fixed Rs 5 crore per constituency per year from 2025-26 onwards. Delhi has 70 constituencies, so 'per MLA' equals per constituency.
विधायक
8th Delhi Legislative Assembly
70
MLAs · elected 2025
कुल, सालाना
Across all MLAs, a year
₹350 crore
Calculated: ₹5 crore × 70 MLAs
स्रोत
Official documents used
10
Run by: Department of Urban Development, Government of NCT of Delhi
What this page does not show

How each MLA actually spent the fund. No official, MLA-wise record of spending for the current Assembly is published for Delhi in a form we can verify, so we do not show it, rank MLAs or estimate it. This page explains the scheme’s published rules and allotment only. The amount is the latest one we found in an official document and may have changed since — the date is shown above and each source is linked below.

How the fund works कैसे चलती है योजना

Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALADS), also titled "Strengthening and Augmentation of Infrastructure i.e. Roads, Streets, Localities, Streets Lights etc. in each Assembly Constituency" · Department of Urban Development, Government of NCT of Delhi · the numbers in brackets point to the official documents below
  1. 1

    MLA recommends works

    The area MLA recommends works for the constituency, and the executing agency (MCD, I&FC, PWD, DJB, DUSIB and others) submits the proposal to the Urban Development Department.[6, p.1]

  2. 2

    In-principal approval

    The department issues only an in-principal/administrative approval at first, with no payment, and approves proposals only up to the constituency's available sanction limit.[6, p.1]

  3. 3

    Estimates and technical sanction

    Estimates follow the Delhi Schedule of Rates and normal departmental procedure, and the executing agency handles technical sanction and follows the CPWD manual and General Financial Rules.[2]

  4. 4

    Tender and agency selection

    After the work is awarded, the agency sends the tendered amount to the department, which deducts it from the constituency's available limit; the tendered amount is final with no escalation.[6, p.1]

  5. 5

    First instalment

    The department releases 50% of the tendered amount as the first instalment so work can start; the remaining 50% is held back.[6, p.1]

  6. 6

    Final payment on completion

    The balance is released only after completion and submission of required documents; the MLA's work-satisfaction letter is needed for the balance payment.[8, p.1]

  7. 7

    Monitoring and reports

    Executing agencies monitor physical and financial progress monthly and send quarterly reports to the Urban Development Department.[4]

  8. 8

    Accounts and refunds

    Payments to contractors go through electronic modes, and unspent balances, savings or penalties are refunded to the department with interest.[4]

  9. 9

    Maintenance

    The 2012 guidelines allow part of the fund for repair of earlier assets; the 2025 order now allows repairs and maintenance of assets without a ceiling.[7, p.1]

The yearly allotment over time समय के साथ

Per MLA, per year, as stated in official documents — oldest first

What it can pay for क्या हो सकता है

  • Roads, drains and street lighting[2]
  • School buildings and computers for schools[2]
  • Community halls, public libraries, public toilets, sports complexes[2]
  • Drinking-water tube-wells, tanks and rain-water harvesting[2]
  • Crematoriums and burial-ground development, parks and park benches[2]
  • Open-air gym equipment in parks (with ownership and no-user-charge conditions)[10]
  • CCTV cameras in residential areas[3]
  • Horticulture and animal-transport vehicles/equipment for MCD works[9]

What it cannot pay for क्या नहीं हो सकता

  • Office and residential buildings of Central or State Government bodies[2]
  • Works for commercial organisations, trusts, societies or private institutions[2]
  • Grants and loans[2]
  • Memorials or memorial buildings[2]
  • Purchase of inventory or stock[2]
  • Land acquisition or compensation[2]
  • Assets for individual benefit[2]
  • Places for religious worship[2]

Oversight and disclosure निगरानी और पारदर्शिता

  • Agencies must open a separate bank account for each MLA and furnish utilisation certificates after the work or by year end, whichever is earlier.[2]
  • Approved works in each constituency may be uploaded in the public domain for public information and social audit.[4]
  • Executing agencies submit utilisation certificates with audit-certified expenditure statements as per General Financial Rules, and keep a separate stock register for items bought.[4]
  • Funds are treated as un-lapsable, so unused releases can be carried forward with Urban Development and Finance Department approval.[2]
  • Each MLA's work may be substituted only once and the implementing agency cannot be changed.[2]
  • Agencies must upload sanctioned-work details, contractor name and contract amount on their websites, per Central Information Commission orders (stated for mandatory-fund agencies).[2]

In the documents’ own words दस्तावेज़ों के शब्दों में

Exact extracts from the official documents listed below
  • Allotment 2025-26
    “the allocation of fund under MLALAD Scheme has been kept to Rs. 05.00 Crore per Assembly Constituency per year from financial year 2025-26 onwards”[7, p.1]
  • Untied fund
    “this will be an untied fund and could be spent for the approved works of capital nature as well as repairs and maintenance of the assets without a ceiling”[7, p.1]
  • Allotment 2026-27
    “The yearly allocation of fund under MLALAD Scheme has been kept to Rs. 05.00 Crore per Assembly Constituency for the financial year 2026-27.”[1, p.1]
  • Approval
    “this office will issue only IN PRINCIPAL/ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL”[6, p.1]
  • Payment
    “UD Department will issue 50% of tendered amount as first instalment to executing agency to start the work”[6, p.1]
  • No escalation
    “The tendered amount shall be final in respect of the said work and no further amount shall be released over and above the tendered amount under any circumstances.”[6, p.2]
  • MLA satisfaction letter
    “the balance payment for the sanctioned works can be released to the respective Executing Agency only after receiving the works satisfaction letter from the Hon'ble MLA”[8, p.1]
  • Disclosure
    “may be uploaded in the public domain for information of the public and for the purpose of social audit”[4]
  • Unspent funds
    “The funds under the scheme shall be considered and treated as un-lapsable”[2]
  • Prohibited works
    “Office buildings, residential buildings and other buildings relating to Central or State Governments”[2]

Reported, but not confirmed in an official document अपुष्ट

Shown only so you know it exists — not treated as fact on this page
  • Earlier higher allocations (Rs 4 crore raised to Rs 7 crore in 2023-24, and reportedly Rs 15 crore later) were reported before the cut to Rs 5 crore — reported by Millennium Post, Deccan Herald, Daily Pioneer, Business Standard (2023-2025); no official document found for the 2023-24 Rs 7 crore or Rs 15 crore figures.
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