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Punjab debt crisis to 2027 polls: Why AAP govt does a U-turn over G RAM G scheme | Political Pulse News

Punjab debt crisis to 2027 polls: Why AAP govt does a U-turn over G RAM G scheme | Political Pulse News

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The AAP government’s decision seems to be driven mainly by its financial troubles as it faced the prospect of losing nearly Rs 750-800 crore in central funds for this crucial scheme. Last week, the state government’s Rural Development and Panchayats Department notified the implementation of the G RAM G Act from July 1. The notification came six months after the Mann government convened a special session of the Assembly, on December 30, 2025, to reject the G Ram G Act, which was passed by Parliament a couple of weeks earlier. The AAP dispensation had staunchly opposed the Narendra Modi government’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the G Ram G Act. During its special session, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution, urging the Centre to withdraw the G RAM G law. The AAP camp argued that the new scheme “diluted” the rights-based character of the MGNREGA, passed a greater financial burden on to states, and affected rural workers “adversely”. Chief Minister Mann described the G RAM G …

Farm workers’ unions, activists announce protest from July 1 for VB-G RAM G repeal

Farm workers’ unions, activists announce protest from July 1 for VB-G RAM G repeal

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The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and the Joint Platform for Agricultural and Rural Workers’ Unions on Wednesday announced an indefinite countrywide protest from July 1, demanding the repeal of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G). The VB-G RAM G scheme will come into force on July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), launched by the Congress-led UPA government in 2006.  Announcing the protest at a press conference in New Delhi, the organisations rejected the government’s claim that the new scheme would increase the number of guaranteed work days from 100 to 125 per rural household. They cited the recent budgetary allocation to show that the funds, in the best-case scenario, would provide only 42 days of work in a financial year. The organisations said the protests would continue until the proposed law is repealed. Taking a decentralised approach, these would be held at the panchayat level, the activists said. Fewer work days An analysis of the Centre’s proposed interim allocations announced on June 9 indicates …

MGNREGS workers togo on strike on May 15

MGNREGS workers togo on strike on May 15

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AIKS endorsed a set of demands raised by workers’ groups, including the rollback of the VB-G RAM(G) Act, expansion of MGNREGA to at least 200 days of guaranteed work, and a minimum wage of ₹700 linked to inflation. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) have called for an all-India strike by Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers on May 15, against the government’s decision to discontinue the scheme. The Act will stand repealed on July 1, as per a notification issued by the Union Government on Monday (May 11, 2026). Describing MGNREGA as the “only legal guarantee of employment” for rural workers, AIKS said the scheme has served as a crucial lifeline for poor peasants, agricultural labourers, women, and rural youth. It alleged that budget cuts, “exclusionary technological barriers”, delayed wage payments, and the VB-G RAM (G) Act were undermining the rights-based character of the programme and weakening rural livelihoods. The organisation endorsed a set of demands raised by workers’ groups, including the …

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 …

Rules not ready for new rural jobs Act

Rules not ready for new rural jobs Act

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There are several tricky issues that the Centre must navigate, including a formula for “normative allocation” for the States. Photo: india.gov.in The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, which was passed by Parliament within two days of its introduction on December 16 last year, has several steps to clear before it can be implemented. The new rural employment legislation replaces the Congress-led UPA government’s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA). Also Read | Change for the worse: On MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G According to sources, the Union Ministry of Rural Development is holding weekly consultation meetings with State Governments. There are several tricky issues that the Centre must navigate, including a formula for “normative allocation” for the States. Section 4(5) of the legislation says, “The Central government shall determine the state-wise normative allocation for each financial year, based on objective parameters as may be prescribed by the Central government.” This clause is intended to ensure a more equitable distribution of resources, following complaints …

Naidu seeks assistance to state for enforcing new rural jobs law| India News

Naidu seeks assistance to state for enforcing new rural jobs law| India News

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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged the Centre to extend alternative financial support to the state to implement the recently-enacted VB-G RAM G Act, which replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the chief minister’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. Naidu seeks assistance to state for enforcing new rural jobs law Naidu, who met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday night, also urged the Centre to grant statutory status to Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s capital by introducing a bill in Parliament, emphasising that such a move is vital for the state’s long-term development and stability, the statement said. During the meeting, which took place at Shah’s residence in the national capital, Naidu raised concerns over the financial provisions of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Grameen), or VB-G RAM G. He pointed out that the revised Centre-State funding ratio of 60:40 was placing an additional burden on Andhra Pradesh and could adversely affect the implementation of the central rural employment scheme, …

Congress, AAP opposing new job law as it tackles corruption, says Jakhar | Chandigarh News

Congress, AAP opposing new job law as it tackles corruption, says Jakhar | Chandigarh News

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The BJP’s Punjab unit will launch a campaign from Fazilka on January 7 to raise awareness among the public about the VB-G RAM G Act, party chief chief Sunil Jakhar Saturday said. “The government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has always followed the policy of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (Together with all, development for all), and this scheme has been designed in line with the same policy for the welfare of the poor,” Jakhar said. The move comes days after the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed a resolution against theViksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) Act, accusing the BJP-led Centre of “taking away” the livelihoods of the poor and Dalit labourers by scrapping UP-era MGNREGA under a “deliberate conspiracy”. The House had recommended that the Punjab government seek from the Centre to restore the MGNREGA to its original right-based form immediately. Batting for the new law, Jakhar said, “ While the government has increased the number of guaranteed employment days for the beneficiaries from 100 …

Drama in House: Khaira named and escorted out; CM takes on LoP for asking him ‘who are you’ | Chandigarh News

Drama in House: Khaira named and escorted out; CM takes on LoP for asking him ‘who are you’ | Chandigarh News

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The day long special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, called to oppose the new job law that replaces the MGREGA, had its fair share of drama as the Speaker named Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira who escorted out by the watch and ward staff and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took on Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa for asking him,”Who are you?”. The session was called to pass a resolution against the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G Act). Cabinet Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond tabled the resolution for discussion. As the the chief minister began speaking, Khaira rose from his seat and rushed to the Well of the House demanding that he be allowed to take part in the discussion. To this, Mann urged Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan to bring the House in order. The Speaker reminded Khaira that he was the first person to speak in the House during the session and said it was not necessary that only one person would speak on every issue. As Khaira …

PM single-handedly destroyed MGNREGA, carried out devastating attack on states: Rahul Gandhi

PM single-handedly destroyed MGNREGA, carried out devastating attack on states: Rahul Gandhi

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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “single-handedly destroying” MGNREGA without consulting his Cabinet or the states and without studying the matter, terming it an attack on the democratic structure that will ruin the rural economy. “The prime minister single-handedly destroyed MGNREGA without asking his Cabinet, and without studying the matter,” Rahul Gandhi said.(HT Photo/ Sanchit Khanna) Addressing a press conference after the crucial CWC meeting, he targeted the BJP-led NDA government over the VB-G RAM G Act, alleging that the PM carried out a devastating attack on states and the poor, “much like demonetisation”. He said the Congress has vowed that it would resist the government’s action and expressed confidence that the entire opposition would be aligned with it. “The prime minister single-handedly destroyed MGNREGA without asking his Cabinet, and without studying the matter,” the former Congress chief said. “We are going to resist it, we are going to fight it, and I am confident that the entire opposition will stand united against this action,” …