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"Never imagined BJP would strangle scheme named after Mahatma Gandhi": DK
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shivakumar said he had personally implemented MGNREGA in his Kanakapura constituency, where the BJP had earlier alleged irregularities and conducted an investigation.
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Himachal: Congress protests against Centre's move to rename MGNREGA, alleg
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Vinay Kumar said the Congress strongly opposed what he described as an attempt to "distort" a landmark welfare legislation enacted by the party nearly two decades ago.
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"Not demolition, it is overdue repair": BJP leader Amit Malviya counters S
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Responding on social media platform X, Malviya said Sonia Gandhi's recent article in an English daily reflected political speculation rather than a factual or legal assessment. He claimed her arguments were based on misrepresentations and selective interpretation, suggesting that she had
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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh announces a public agitation campaign to repeal
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh shared the background of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), now reformed as the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (VB-G RAM-G), in a post on X.
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MGNREGA was Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Sarvodaya, its death is our collect
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, in a recent op-ed in a leading English daily, launched a sharp attack on the Central government, accusing it of dismantling the rights-based legislative framework through its proposed changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Emplo
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Congress protests against VB G RAM G Act across country; says BJP cutting
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Congress party on Sunday launched multiple protests against the overhaul of the national rural employment scheme, Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act, 2025, across the country.
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"PM's vision of a Viksit Bharat cannot be achieved without Viksit villages
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
While addressing an event in Sehore, Chouhan stressed that the previous MGNREGA scheme had ensured only 100 days of employment. In contrast, the current law provides a 125-day employment guarantee.
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President Droupadi Murmu gives assent to Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozga
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Act enhances the statutory wage employment guarantee to 125 days per financial year for rural households. It seeks to advance empowerment, inclusive growth, convergence of development initiatives and saturation-based delivery, thereby strengthening the foundation for a prosperous, res
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"Removing Mahatma Gandhi's name unacceptable; new law offers no job guaran
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Sunday strongly criticised the newly VB-G RAM-G Bill, 2025, which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA), alleging that it removes Mahatma Gandhi's name and scraps the guarantee of employment.
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"No longer an employment guarantee scheme:" P Chidambaram on VB-G-RAM-G bi
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram alleged that the new Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) bill has serious flaws and asserted that MGNREGA is no longer an employment guarantee scheme, as it cannot be implemented for more
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"Replacing NREGA with 'Ram' scheme is an injustice to the poor": Cong's Ha
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Sunday strongly criticised the Centre's proposed VB-G RAM G Bill, alleging that the government has diluted the spirit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by removing Mahatma Gandhi's name and shifting the fina
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VB-G-RAM-G Bill row: Congress to hold CWC meet, Sonia Gandhi says "bulldoz
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress targeted the BJP government for increasing the "burden" on states by introducing the 60:40 formula to share the cost of ensuring 125 days of work. They also said that the BJP has "disrespected" Mahatma Gandhi by renaming MGNREGA and raised questions about the manner in which the
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