Telangana’s ₹300-crore MPLADS gap has 23 MPs and no owner
A published dashboard-based report puts Telangana’s recorded utilisation at 23%, but the official scheme says districts—not MPs—sanction, execute and report the spending.
The official responsibility chain leaves Telangana’s reported MPLADS gap without a clear owner.
Telangana’s recorded MPLADS utilisation was 23%, placing the state 24th among 28 states, according to a report published on August 31. The report, citing the Empowered Indian dashboard, says ₹394 crore was allocated to 23 Telangana MPs, ₹94 crore was utilised and 2,347 works were completed. The national average was reported at 75%. The figures could not be independently reproduced from the official portal.
The official MPLADS portal says MPs only recommend works; district authorities sanction, execute and complete them. It also states that exact expenditure figures are available only with district authorities. So the reported ₹300-crore difference may include pending recommendations, sanctions, incomplete works, missing certificates or data-entry delays—not simply MPs leaving money untouched. The portal, naturally, offers a dashboard while reserving the precise answer elsewhere.
The report says offices of G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar blamed delayed district uploads, while MPs broadly cited delays in approvals and execution. The official record does not yet reconcile those explanations with the reported totals. Telangana is therefore left with a low number, a large gap and a responsibility chain designed to make ownership travel in circles.