Soft projects refer to hospitalization, scholarships, training and livelihood while hard projects include infrastructure such as farm-to-market roads, waiting sheds, basketball courts and others.
Initially, neophyte lawmakers were given until June 30 to submit the list of their soft projects and July 1 for the hard.
For the soft projects, lawmakers will have the discretion on which among the departments of health, labor and employment, social welfare and development, state universities and colleges, Commission on Higher Education and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to allocate their P30 million.