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Karnataka: Congress holds 'Lok bhavan chalo' protest in Bengaluru over VB-
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The VB-G RAM G Act was passed in the Winter Session of the Parliament in 2025 and replaces the 100-day employment guarantee with a 125-day guarantee. However, the Opposition has criticised the legislation for removing Mahatma Gandhi's name and for removing the 60:40 share of funds between
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"Who will provide funds? no state can give a grant": DK Shivakumar questio
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday questioned the feasibility of implementing the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, asserting that "no state could provide the grant."
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Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slams Rahul Gandhi over VB-G Ram G ac
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Chouhan shared a clip from Rahul Gandhi's address at the National MGNREGA Workers' Convention organised by the Rachnatmak Congress. In the video shared by Chouhan, Rahul Gandhi is heard saying that he does not know the name of the new Act.
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"This is wrong constitutionally": Congress' Sandeep Dikshit on VB-G RAM-G
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Friday criticised the Centre over the 60:40 funding ratio under the VB-GRAM G scheme, alleging that the move is unconstitutional.
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Karnataka ministers criticise Governor Gehlot over refusal to read Governm
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The controversy comes amid a faceoff between the Congress-led state government and Raj Bhavan over the Governor's customary address to the joint sitting of the legislature. Governor Gehlot had expressed reservations over 11 paragraphs in the speech, which reportedly criticised the Central
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Tamil Nadu CM moves resolution urging demand-based MGNREGA funding, timely
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The resolution also criticised the Centre's new system, VB-G-RAM-G, and other technological and administrative changes such as mandatory digital attendance and new payment mechanisms, which, according to the State Government, have excluded genuine workers, particularly the elderly and tho
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TN Assembly to urge Centre to retain Mahatma Gandhi name for rural employm
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the resolution, the "Right to Work" of rural people must be upheld, and funds should be allocated on a continuous basis according to actual employment demand and state-wise performance of the scheme. It also emphasises the protection of livelihoods and social security for wom
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"Deeply regrettable...who is really calling the shots": Priyank Kharge sla
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
This comes amid a faceoff between the state govt and Raj Bhavan over the governor's customary address to the joint sitting of the legislature. The Governor had expressed reservations about 11 paragraphs in the speech, which criticised the Central government's policies, including the VB-G
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Congress to host national MGNREGA workers' convention in Delhi on Thursday
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit announced on Wednesday that the party will hold a national MGNREGA workers' convention on January 22 in the national capital to protest the changes made by the BJP-led centre government to the earlier rights-based law.
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"Name change just an excuse, real aim is to benefit big industrialists": C
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Rao alleged that the new act to ensure livelihoods has not just received a name change but was aimed at benefiting big industrialists while punishing poor people with hunger and unemployment.
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"BJP is a proponent of Godse's ideology...": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Tiwari's remarks come amid nationwide protests led by the Congress against the repeal of MGNREGA, a program that was aimed at providing minimum wage employment and financial protection to rural citizens. Rahul Gandhi had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to "centralise po
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Maharashtra: CPI(M) marches in Palghar, warns escalation to Mumbai over MG
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The protestors restarted their march today from Manor in Palghar. They plan to hold an indefinite sit-in protest at the Palghar Collectorate to demand forest and land rights, the restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and the repeal of the new
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