The Bihar Government on Tuesday abolished the Legislators’ Local Area Development Fund in the state. A decision to constitute a separate commission for the upliftment of poor people among forward class of the society was also taken. AIR Patna correspondent reports that these decisions were taken at the cabinet meeting of Nitish Kumar Government. The Principal secretary of cabinet co-ordination department, Afzal Amanullah told reporters that the decision to scrap Local Area Development Fund scheme would be effective from the financial year 2011-12. The state planning department has been instructed to suggest an alternative scheme in place of Legislators Local Area Development Fund. It may be noted that under local area development scheme each MLA and MLC can spend upto Rupees one crore on development schemes per year. There are 243 MLAs and 75 MLCs in Bihar and a sum of 318 crores is released under the scheme.