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CWC Meet: Kharge calls on party members to formulate concrete plan for nat
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Kharge, in his opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, said that "scrapping" of MGNREGA is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi and "a kick" in the stomach of poor people.
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"Congress will score a century of defeats": BJP MP Anurag Thakur critises
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Commenting on the opposition's anger over the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from the reformed version of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the BJP MP said that Congress remembered Mahatma Gandhi only in 2009 and not in the prior employment schemes. Read More
Congress has forgotten Mahatma Gandhi: Deve Gowda slams oppn for protest o
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"I am not bothered about Congress. Congress has forgotten Mahatma Gandhi. When Indira Gandhi came to power, they did not use Mahatma Gandhi's name to fight the election anywhere," Gowda told ANI.
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Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to burn effigies across Punjab on Dec 29 over MGNREGA
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha Bharat has strongly criticised the Modi Government's recent legislative changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), alleging that the new policies are intended to deprive MGNREGA workers of employment nationwide.
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PM Modi backs VB-G RAM G Act, says new law links income support with long-
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Prime Minister Office (PMO) sharing an article written by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on X (formerly Twitter), which outlined the rationale and objectives of the new legislation that replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Read More
Centre diluting MGNREGA's core purpose, says Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Commi
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) leader Satnam Singh Pannu on Tuesday alleged that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is being diluted and diverted from its original objective of ensuring livelihood security for rural and working-class families. Read More
Himachal Congress protests over law to replace MGNREGA, alleges dilution o
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Congress on Monday staged a protest and dharna against the Central government over the law to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and said it would weaken the scheme's original objectives.
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Constitutional rights of poor people being snatched away: Adhir Ranjan Cho
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Act guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household, up from the existing 100 days, for adult members willing to undertake unskilled manual work.
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"Never imagined BJP would strangle scheme named after Mahatma Gandhi": DK
Updated : 5 months 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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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh announces a public agitation campaign to repeal
Updated : 5 months 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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"Sardar Patel banned RSS": Jairam Ramesh questions the ideology of RSS aft
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Ramesh underscored the burning of effigies of Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mahatma Gandhi at Ramlila Maidan days after the adoption of the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949. "Which ideology created this atmosphere, due to which Mahatma Gandhi was killed?" he aske
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MGNREGA was Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Sarvodaya, its death is our collect
Updated : 5 months 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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