Chhattisgarh is among 10 best performing States and Union Territories in terms of uploading the information as per the monthly progress report on  Members of Parliament local Area Development Scheme (MPlADS) , the Central Government has informed on Thursday.

The other States amongst the higher side of the performance having maximum percentage utilisation of funds over release are Haryana, Mizoram, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat and Odisha. Union Territories like lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and States of Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamilnadu .

Notably, the 21st All India Review Meeting on Members of Parliament local Area Development Scheme (MPlADS) was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation DV Sadananda Gowda in New Delhi on Thursday.

Nodal Secretaries from States/UTs overseeing the implementation of MPlADS scheme took part in the deliberations. The focus was on issues related to the implementation of MPlADS with the States/UTs so that the Ministry can take steps to address these for further improvements in its implementation.

Major agenda items, discussed during the meeting, included status of pending installments, progress on utilisation of MPlADS Fund, status of works recommended and progress of sanctioned works in natural calamities area, VIP reference/grievances, review meetings of MPlADS at State level, closure of accounts, recent modification in guidelines, etc.

It was pointed out that the major problems being faced in the implementation of the scheme at the district level included  submission of requisite documents in time to the Ministry such as audit certificate, utilisation certificate, provisional utilisation certificate, monthly progress report, bank statement and online monthly progress report.