The author argues that VB-G-RAM-G strengthens, not scraps, MGNREGA by expanding job guarantees, curbing leakages, creating ...
Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB- G RAM G, Bill was passed by Parliament on December 18. It will replace the MGNREGA Act, which provided a guaranteed wage employment to rural ...
The new VB‑G RAM G law boosts guaranteed rural workdays while reshaping funding, planning and digital monitoring, sparking both optimism and concern among stakeholders.
Civil society groups say the VB-G RAM G Bill could weaken casual labour's bargaining power, as MGNREGA served as a safety net ...
President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, ...
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi has lashed out at the Modi government for replacing the MGNREGA scheme with the new 'G.Ramji' ...
The Batadrava Project, widely regarded as a symbol of Assamese pride and cultural heritage, is set to be formally inaugurated ...
Ministers will lay papers covering areas ranging from science, tech to consumer affairs, railways and information and ...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the renaming of the state's 'Karmashree' scheme to the 'Mahatma ...
The repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its replacement with another tongue-twister — the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee ...

The end of MGNREGS

VB-G RAM G’s funding and administrative structure should strengthen and expand rural jobs, not weaken the scheme ...
Previously, contributing only 25 per cent of material costs, states now face burdens of 40 per cent to 100 per cent of total ...