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New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, witnessed sharp exchanges between the Treasury benches and the Opposition with the tabling of Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) -- or VB-G RAM G -- Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005. Several opposition MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K.C. Venugopal from the Congress, Harendra Malik of the Samajwadi Party, and Mahua Mo ...Read More >
Ranchi, Dec 16 (PTI) Jharkhand Congress will hold demonstrations in all district headquarters on Wednesday to protest against the Centre's rural employment bill that seeks to replace MGNREGA, a party leader said. Congress state unit president Keshav Mahato Kamlesh, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said as part of the nationwide programme, all district presidents of the party have been directed to organise protests in their respective areas. The party will hold protests across the country on W ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Indian National Congress has announced a series of nationwide protests on December 17 in response to the Central government's move to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), accusing the BJP and RSS of attempting to "dismantle rights-based welfare" and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre. The Congress party has directed its state units (Pradesh Congress Committees) to organise protests at all district ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Congress will hold protests across the country on Wednesday against the Centre's rural employment bill VB-G RAM G that seeks to replace MGNREGA, claiming it was a "BJP-RSS conspiracy" to dismantle a rights-based welfare scheme and attack Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility. The opposition party's general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, in a letter to all state Congress presidents, urged them to organise protests at all district ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Opposition on Tuesday staged a protest outside Parliament, holding placards and raising slogans against the Centre over its move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Raising slogans such as "Gandhiji ka ye apman, nahi sahega Hindustan" and "Mahatma Gandhi Amar Rahe", Opposition parliamentarians accused the BJP-led Centre of removing the name of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, from the rural employment s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Several Opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that has become a new flashpoint with the government, as they accused the BJP-led NDA dispensation of "insulting" Mahatma Gandhi and demanded the withdrawal of the proposed legislation. Soon after the government introduced the bill in Lok Sabha seeking to replace MGNREGA, Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK's TR Baalu, RSP's N K Premchandran, among ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- "Dekho o deewano (tum) ye kaam na karo, Ram ka naam badnaam na karo".The MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram asserted that the bill is not merely an administrative tweak but an "assault on the very spirit and philosophical foundation of this crucial programme". The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika M ...Read More >
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticized the BJP-led Centre's VB-G RAM G Bill, calling it an "assault on the spirit" of the rural employment program. He objected to removing Mahatma Gandhi's name and questioned the financial restructuring, warning it could make the scheme unviable and violate fiscal federalism. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- "Dekho o deewano ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- "Dekho o deewano (tum) ye kaam na karo, Ram ka naam badnaam na karo". The MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram asserted that the bill is not merely an administrative tweak but an "assault on the very spirit and philosophical foundation of this crucial programme". The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 16: In a fiery rebuttal during the Rajya Sabha debate on electoral reforms, Union Minister, BJP President and leader of the House, J.P. Nadda strongly defended the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing the Congress of tarnishing the institution's image to mask its own electoral failures and cadre frustration. He was replying to a debate on electoral reforms. Nadda emphasised the ECI's constitutional duty to purify v ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Several opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that has become a new flashpoint with the government, as they accused the BJP-led NDA dispensation of "insulting" Mahatma Gandhi and demanded the withdrawal of the proposed legislation. Soon after the government introduced the bill in Lok Sabha seeking to replace MGNREGA, Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK's TR Baalu, RSP's N K Prem ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the bill on rural employment an insult to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, as he accused the Narendra Modi government of seeking to eliminate the secure livelihood of the rural poor after destroying the future of India's youth through severe unemployment. Several opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that seeks to replace MGNREGA and has become a new flashpoint with the gov ...Read More >
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized the government's bill to replace MGNREGA, saying it would weaken the Act's guarantee of 100 days of employment for the poorest. She also questioned the government's practice of renaming schemes, highlighting the costs involved and changes in control, as the new bill gives the Centre authority over fund allocation instead of gram panchayats. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the government over its bill to replace MGNREGA, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16: As the Lok Sabha reconvened on Tuesday, the opposition mounted a strong protest against the introduction of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), 2025, which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The Opposition MPs raised objections over the renaming of the flagship rural employment scheme and demanded that the proposed legislation be referred to a parliamentary panel for detailed sc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday (December 16) tabled the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM-G) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament amid strong protests by the Opposition. The Bill seeks to replace the existing rural employment law, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Opposition leaders objected to the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Several opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that has become a new flashpoint with the government, as they accused the BJP-led NDA dispensation of "insulting" Mahatma Gandhi. Soon after the government introduced the bill in Lok Sabha seeking to replace MGNREGA, Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, DMK's TR Baalu, RSP's N K Premchandran, among others, held the protest at the Mahatma Gand ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday strongly criticised the Centre over proposed changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), accusing the government of attempting to scrap the scheme under the guise of renaming and restructuring it. Speaking during the protest against the proposed renaming of MGNREGA, Priyanka Gandhi said the government appeared to be "obsessed" with changing names, a move that she claimed l ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday criticised the Centre's move to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), saying she did not understand the government's obsession with changing the name of the flagship rural employment scheme. Reacting to the proposal to rename MGNREGA as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen) (VB G RAM G), Priyanka Gandhi said the move involved unnecessary expenditure and risked d ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday strongly opposed the Viksit Bharat Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, also known as the VB-G Ram G Bill, asserting that the proposed legislation would "weaken" the original Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and undermine its guaranteed 100 days of employment. Participating in the Lok Sabha debate, the Wayanad MP said that no legislation should be rushed through Parliam ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday moved in Lok Sabha to introduce the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, that seeks to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA. Opposition members strongly opposed the proposed legislation at the introduction stage and pressed for sending the bill to a parliamentary panel for greater scrutiny.The MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi of the Congress, strongly objected to the removal ...Read More >
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Tuesday strongly criticised the Central government over reports of renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "Mogambo" and accusing him of failing to provide employment to the rural poor. While speaking to reporters, Hariprasad said, "The man who has completely failed in providing employment for the rural poor, it is only MNREGA that is prov ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday will intervene and oppose the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill (MGNREGA) at 12 noon today in Lok Sabha.Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Government's move to reframe the MNREGA scheme and said the Congress would oppose this,"This is not just about renaming the Mahatma Gand ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday will intervene and oppose the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill (MGNREGA) at 12 noon today in Lok Sabha. Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Government's move to reframe the MNREGA scheme and said the Congress would oppose this, Also Read | West B ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday will intervene and oppose the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill (MGNREGA) at 12 noon today in Lok Sabha. Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Government's move to reframe the MNREGA scheme and said the Congress would oppose this, "This is not just ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 16 (ANI): Domestic stock markets continued to remain under pressure on Tuesday as both key benchmark indices opened in the red, weighed down by persistent foreign fund outflows and continued weakness in the rupee. At the opening bell, the Nifty 50 index started the day at 25,951.50, slipping by 75.80 points or 0.29 per cent. The BSE Sensex also opened lower at 85,025.61, down by 187.75 points or 0.22 per cent. Also Read | VB-G RAM G Bill 2025: 5 Key Chang ...Read More >
New Delhi: Several schemes are currently running in India that are proving beneficial for the poor and those living below the poverty line. You must have heard of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme. This scheme aims to strengthen rural infrastructure, under which people are guaranteed employment every year. India is set to make major changes to the name and structure of its large rural employment scheme, MNREGA. The central government appears to be workin ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): In the Sanjauli mosque case in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla, members of the Dev Bhoomi Hindu Sangharsh Samiti on Monday submitted a memorandum to the Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner, demanding immediate implementation of the High Court's orders directing the demolition of the remaining two unauthorized floors of the mosque. The organisation demanded that the demolition be carried out by December 29, in compliance with court dire ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 16: The Union government has proposed a major reset of India's flagship rural employment scheme, seeking to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with a new law titled the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025. The bill seeks to replace the MGNREGA with a revamped framework aimed at aligning rural employment and development with the national vision of Viksit Bh ...Read More >
New Delhi: Setting the stage for a political face-off during the ongoing winter session of Parliament, the Centre has introduced a Bill that will replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA). The new Bill is called The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen), shortened as VB G RAM G. A whip has been issued, and BJP MPs have been asked to attend Parliament to ensure the passage of the Bill. According to the government, the new Bill pres ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The BJP-led central government decision to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another legislation, titled the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, is not merely a matter of renaming. According to official sources, if the new Bill, VB-G RAM G, is adopted in the present form, the Tamil Nadu government would be forced to incur financial burden to the tune of over Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 crore ...Read More >
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