This Primer explains the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which allows MPs to allocate funds to capital works projects in sectors such as infrastructure development, public health, sanitation, and water. The primer also provides information on how citizens can track MPLADS projects in their constituencies.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is a constitutional body to that is mandated to act as a watchdog on government finances and functions pertaining to them. The CAG audits the accounts of central and state governments. The CAG reports could be instrumental in looking at the implementation of government schemes and policies. This is an introduction to CAG Reports and how concerned citizen groups and civil society networks can use them to obtain essential information.