The State Government have been implementing a scheme, "Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development (MLALAD) Fund" effective from 1997‐98 on the lines of "Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Fund".

Under the scheme Govt. of Odisha is allocating Rs. 75.001akhs each year per Assembly Constituency.

Under the scheme, each MLA has the choice to suggest to the Deputy Commissioner of his/her district, to the extent of allocations given from year to year, to be taken up his/her constituency. Each MLA is sanctioned MLALAD fund of Rs. 2 crore per annual for their respective constituency by the central government.

The MLACDS is fully funded by the State Government and each MLA identifies and proposes the works to be executed in his Constituency. The Scheme is implemented both in rural and urban areas.

Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Funds (MLA-LAD) are constituency development funds provided by India's states to their MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly).