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January 6, 2026, 07:53 PM - 3 min read
Speaking to the media persons in Ranchi, Drèze said the move is far more than a change in nomenclature. According to him, the new scheme explicitly repeals the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act along with all its rules and guidelines, replacing a rights-based law with a discretionary programme that offers no assured employment.
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January 4, 2026, 04:42 PM - 3 min read
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserted that VB-G RAM G is a better scheme than MGNREGA. “My appeal to the Congress is that it should not spread misinformation and lies. Instead, it should thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making this scheme better", he said .
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January 3, 2026, 04:28 PM - 3 min read
Venugopal said the CWC had finalised the future strategy on MGNREGA and approved a structured campaign titled "MGNREGA Bachao Sangram
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January 3, 2026, 02:41 PM - 2 min read
"We will have an action plan immediately in this regard. The Congress, along with the public, labourers and all like-minded, will fight until the VB-G RAM G Act is withdrawn, as was done in the case of farm laws," he added.
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December 31, 2025, 05:25 PM - 2 min read
Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh, Ashwani Sharma, working president of the BJP’s Punjab unit, alleged that corruption under MGNREGA was widespread. He accused AAP leaders and MLAs of being involved in the corruption and questioned why no action was taken in over 10,600 corruption cases reportedly flagged by the Special Audit Unit.
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December 28, 2025, 03:55 PM - 7 min read
The Congress, if it wants to really pose any serious challenge to the BJP, will need to reorient and remodel itself.
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December 27, 2025, 05:53 PM - 3 min read
Congress president Malikarjun Kharge announced that party will launch a campaign against the repeal of the UPA-era rural employment legislation MGNREGA on January 5.
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December 27, 2025, 03:43 PM - 4 min read
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday termed the Centre’s decision to “scrap” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM-G) 2025 an “insult” Mahatma Gandhi and “a kick” in the stomach of poor people
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December 25, 2025, 04:55 PM - 5 min read
Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru while downplaying CM speculation and focusing on rural employment law ahead of CWC meet.
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December 22, 2025, 01:29 PM - 6 min read
If reform was genuinely the objective, the government could have introduced a MGNREGA 2.0 or strengthened the existing framework. Choosing instead to discard Gandhi’s name altogether points less to administrative necessity and more to a deliberate political statement, one that alters the scheme’s identity.
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December 17, 2025, 04:21 PM - 3 min read
Siddaramaiah did not hold back, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah of using central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate to intimidate the opposition.
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December 16, 2025, 03:54 PM - 4 min read
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while introducing the bill, said the government not only believes in Mahatma Gandhi but also follows his principles.
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