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"This Mogambo has nothing on his record except changing names": BK Haripra
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
While speaking to reporters, Hariprasad said, "The man who has completely failed in providing employment for the rural poor, it is only MNREGA that is providing employment for the rural poor. Apart from changing names, this Mogambo has nothing on his record that he has done anything for t
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Priyanka Gandhi to oppose Viksit Bharat G RAM G Bill to rename MNEREGA at
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday will intervene and oppose the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill (MGNREGA) at 12 noon today in Lok Sabh
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Saugata Roy accuses Finance Minister of 'misleading house' over Bengal's d
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"The Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) avoided speaking on West Bengal as she knew that she would be challenged," Roy told reporters. "We walked out in protest, and the Congress and the Samajwadi Party also did the same. The Union Finance Minister is repeatedly misleading the House on
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"Insult to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and Bengal": TMC's Sagarik
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Monday said that Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and West Bengal.
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"It seeks to undermine foundational objectives of scheme": Kerala CM Vijay
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday strongly opposed the Union government's decision to rename the MGNREGA, saying that the bill seeks to "undermine the very foundational objectives" of the employment guarantee scheme.
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Labour Force Participation Rate rose to 55.8% in November, 7-month high si
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) increased to 55.8 per cent in November 2025, the highest level recorded since April 2025, showing a steady improvement in the labour market, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
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"Unfortunate, Ram Rajya and Gram Swaraj never competing forces": Shashi Th
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday called the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) "unfortunate", saying that the concept of Gram Swaraj and the ideal of Ram Rajya were never competing forces.
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"Will strongly oppose in parliament and on streets": Mallikarjun Kharge sl
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Kharge alleged that this move was part of a larger attempt to weaken and ultimately dismantle the flagship rural employment scheme.
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"Claiming others' work as its own": Akhilesh Yadav on MGNREGA scheme name
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party over introducing a bill to replace Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA), alleging that the central government's move is motivated to "claim other's work as its own."
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"Modern, infrastructure-focused, digitally governed system": Viksit Bharat
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The new Bill guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household, up from the existing 100 days, for adult members willing to undertake unskilled manual work. It seeks to simultaneously provide income security and create durable, productivity-enhancing rural assets through a nation
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MGNREGA to be reframed as Viksit Bharat G RAM G bill, guarantees 125 days
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Centre will introduce the Bill in the Lok Sabh, which, if passed, will reframe MGNREGA to transform rural development and provide statutory wage-employment guarantees to rural households.
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Opposition slams reported plan to rename MGNREGA, says Centre 'erasing his
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Reacting to the reports, Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh said the move reflected a larger pattern. "The Indian government is changing the entire history," he remarked, expressing concern over what he described as a systematic attempt to alter established symbols and narratives.
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