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MGNREGA to be replaced by Viksit Bharat rural jobs mission from July 1

MGNREGA to be replaced by Viksit Bharat rural jobs mission from July 1

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The Centre on Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The new Act will have a fresh framework that promises 125 days of statutory wage employment to rural households, it said. The Centre said the allocation of Rs 95,692.31 crore for 2026-27 is the highest-ever Budget Estimate allocation for a rural employment programme. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

MGNREGA workers denied work despite Centre’s assurance of continuity

MGNREGA workers denied work despite Centre’s assurance of continuity

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There is no clarity on when the new scheme under the VB–G RAM G Act will be implemented on the ground, as the Centre is still holding talks with States to establish the necessary framework. File. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy For the last 87 days, MGNREGS workers have been protesting at the Muzaffarpur district headquarters in Bihar. The Union government had assured them that until the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Act, 2025, passed by Parliament in December, is rolled out, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) would continue unchanged. But on the ground, workers say the story is very different. The protest in Muzaffarpur began on January 2 this year. Nearly 12,000 workers in the district have not received work for the past three to four months — even before the new rural employment law was introduced. There is no clarity on when the new scheme under the VB–G RAM G Act will be implemented on the ground, as the Centre is still holding …

Congress holds meeting in Ranchi to defend MGNREGA amid replacement concerns

Congress holds meeting in Ranchi to defend MGNREGA amid replacement concerns

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Congress leaders, along with civil society groups, economists and grassroots activists, organised a meeting on February 9 in Ranchi to discuss the future of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), amid concerns over its proposed replacement by a new central scheme. The meeting focused on preserving the law’s core guarantee of providing 100 days of wage employment on demand to every rural household.  Congress leaders said that the MGNREGA has had a measurable impact in villages by generating jobs, creating durable assets such as ponds and roads, and reducing seasonal migration.  In Jharkhand, women reportedly hold 52 per cent of job cards under the scheme. They further expressed apprehension over the Centre’s proposed Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G. Further arguing that it could dilute the legal right to work and shift decision-making away from local communities, Congress leaders slammed the VB-G RAM G. The gathering in Ranchi also put forward several demands, including no deletion of job cards without Gram Sabha approval, timely …

Modi opposed MGNREGA as it was associated with the Mahatma: Congress

Modi opposed MGNREGA as it was associated with the Mahatma: Congress

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Congress leaders take part in a protest rally under ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’, in New Delhi on January 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress on Friday (January 30, 2026) stepped up its attack on the Union government over the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not want a law associated with Mahatma Gandhi to endure or guarantee people a legal right to work. The charge was made by Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh at a protest held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office. Senior party leaders and workers had taken out a march from 24, Akbar Road, towards Gandhi Smriti, protesting what they described as the “constitutional right to work being snatched away by the Modi government”. The march, however, was stopped by the Delhi Police before it could reached its destination. Addressing the gathering during the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram Yatra’, Mr. Ramesh said, “The Modi government has scrapped the MGNREGA by running a bulldozer over it.” Describing …

Kharge’s ‘recycled ritual’ jibe at Modi govt after President’s address in budget session| India News

Kharge’s ‘recycled ritual’ jibe at Modi govt after President’s address in budget session| India News

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took a shot at the BJP-led Centre over President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament for the budget session, as he alleged that the Union Cabinet clears the speech every year like a “recycled ritual” and “reusing the same set of claims without truth or accountability”. Track updates on Ajit Pawar death File photo of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (ANI) “The slogan of Viksit Bharat is repeated loudly, yet it carries no clear goals, no timelines and no measurable outcomes,” Kharge said in a post on X, as he targeted the central government over the issue of MGNREGA. Also read: Visibility, weather, tech error? What ex-IAF pilot said on Ajit Pawar crash “While making lofty speeches on ‘development,’ the anti-poor, pro-crony Modi Govt has mercilessly dismantled MGNREGA — an Act that guaranteed the Right to Work; snatching away the only source of livelihood for crores of workers,” he wrote. President’s address ahead of Budget session Earlier in the day, President Murmu marked the …

Parliament Budget Session 2026 LIVE: Budget session to begin today; parties line up key issues like SIR, MGNREGA for debate

Parliament Budget Session 2026 LIVE: Budget session to begin today; parties line up key issues like SIR, MGNREGA for debate

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Opposition seeks debate on SIR, G-RAM-G in Budget Session; ‘no reverse gear’, says government The government on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) rejected the Opposition’s demands for renewed discussions on the VB-G RAM G Act and the SIR exercise during the Budget session of Parliament, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju saying the two issues had already been debated by both Houses and “we cannot reverse the gear”. Mr. Rijiju made these remarks after an all-party meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that was attended by as many as 51 leaders, including ministers, from 39 political parties on the eve of the session.– PTI Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tamil Nadu Assembly Passes Resolution Moved By MK Stalin Against Renaming MGNREGA To G RAM G | India News

Tamil Nadu Assembly Passes Resolution Moved By MK Stalin Against Renaming MGNREGA To G RAM G | India News

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Last Updated:January 23, 2026, 12:08 IST The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution opposing the Centre’s proposed renaming of MGNREGA to G RAM G. The resolution was moved by MK Stalin. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (Photo: PTI) The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister MK Stalin opposing the Centre’s proposed renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The resolution urged the Union government to retain Mahatma Gandhi’s name for the rural employment scheme and to ensure adequate and continuous allocation of funds in line with actual employment demand and state-wise performance. It underscored that the ‘Right to Work’ of rural citizens must be protected and highlighted the importance of the programme for women, persons with disabilities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, who it described as primary beneficiaries. It criticised the Centre’s current practice of making what it called “arbitrary fund allocations based on notional estimates” and sought a return to the earlier system in which funds were released based on real demand for …

Rahul Gandhi likens MGNREGA repeal to ‘three black farm laws’

Rahul Gandhi likens MGNREGA repeal to ‘three black farm laws’

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Modi government`s objectives are the same in repealing MGNREGA as they were in bringing the “three black farm laws”, as he urged poor people to unite against the move to bring the VB G RAM G Act, reported news agency PTI. MGNREGA meant to guarantee rights to the poor, says Gandhi Addressing the National MGNREGA Workers` Convention organised by the Rachnatmak Congress, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the concept of MGNREGA was to give rights to the poor. “The thinking was to provide work to those who need it. This scheme was to be run through the third tier of government Panchayati Raj. The word rights was important. All poor people had the right to work under MGNREGA and PM Modi-BJP wants to finish that concept,” Gandhi said, reported PTI. Farmers forced repeal of laws through united protest Some years ago they brought in the “three black farm laws” but farmers stopped that after “all of us unitedly put pressure” on the …

Rahul to address MGNREGA Chaupal, meet Cong leaders in Rae Bareli

Rahul to address MGNREGA Chaupal, meet Cong leaders in Rae Bareli

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LUCKNOW Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will address his first public meeting against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), during his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, Rae Bareli, in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress has opposed the newly enacted Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, which replaces the flagship rural employment scheme. (File Photo) On Tuesday morning, Gandhi will hold a ‘MGNREGA Chaupal’ (community meeting) in Rohaniya, Unchahar, and meet party officials and public representatives. Subsequently, for day 2, the Congress MP has a meeting scheduled at his guest house with senior party leaders. The Congress has opposed the newly enacted Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, which replaces the flagship rural employment scheme. The UP Congress has been holding ‘MGNREGA Chaupal’ across the state since January 12, but this is the first by the leader of opposition. The meeting will be attended by several …