Now, MPs can build railway stations where they want
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A Delhi Correspondent
Believe it or not, now your Member of Parliament can decide where to halt a particular train.
According to a privilege extended to lawmakers by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, MPs can now sponsor the construction of the railway stations from his/her annual budget of Rs 5 crore and etch his name for perpetuity on a steel or metal plaque.
The statistics and programme implementation ministry has included halt stations in the list of constructions allowed under the MP Local Area Development fund.
The modified guidelines say that funds from the MPLAD scheme can be used for constructing the halt stations 'to facilitate the local community for easy access to railways and boarding/de-boarding from the train'.
Believe it or not, now your Member of Parliament can decide where to halt a particular train.
According to a privilege extended to lawmakers by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, MPs can now sponsor the construction of the railway stations from his/her annual budget of Rs 5 crore and etch his name for perpetuity on a steel or metal plaque.
The statistics and programme implementation ministry has included halt stations in the list of constructions allowed under the MP Local Area Development fund.
The modified guidelines say that funds from the MPLAD scheme can be used for constructing the halt stations 'to facilitate the local community for easy access to railways and boarding/de-boarding from the train'.
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