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New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy accused the Union government of deliberately avoiding a discussion on West Bengal while "repeatedly misleading the House" over pending dues under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), triggering a coordinated walkout from Parliament by opposition parties during the ongoing winter session on Monday. "The Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) avoided speaking on West Bengal as she knew th ...Read More >
A new bill, VB-G RAM G, is set to replace MGNREGA in Parliament. It promises 125 days of wage employment for rural households. The scheme will be centrally sponsored, with states sharing costs. The focus shifts to creating durable assets for rural development. This move has sparked political debate. New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the two-decade old MGNREGA, is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Set to consign the Congress-stamped MGNREGA to history, Modi govt will unveil a new law on guaranteed unskilled rural jobs, with a structure that will shift the Centre's financial burden to states, provide fixed budgets for states instead of the present practice of it being demand-driven, and annually pause the scheme for two months during the agricultural season - in tweaks that will rewrite the concept of job guarantee from what has been known for the last two decades.Titled 'Viksit ...Read More >
The Jharkhand unit of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) criticised the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), 2005, on Monday, calling the move to introduce a new law in its place "an insult to the Mahatma". "Today in Parliament, a proposal was moved to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, and a decision was taken to create a new law as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G). The ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 15 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday strongly opposed the Centre's proposal to rename MGNREGA, saying that the bill seeks to "undermine the very foundational objectives" of the employment guarantee scheme. In a post on Facebook, Vijayan said the Centre's move to rename MGNREGA as VB-G RAM G -- Viksit Bharat: Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) reflects the "Sangh Parivar's ideological hostility" towards Mahatma G ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Monday said that the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and West Bengal. This comes as the government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the MGNREGA scheme. Sagarika Ghose said, "The Narendra Modi government is renaming the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday strongly protested the Union Government's decision to change the name and structure of the MGNREGA, saying it shows "the level of hatred the Sangh Parivar has" for the name and ideas of the father of the nation. Reacting to the Central Government's decision to introduce the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 that seeks to replace the existing Mahatma Gandhi Na ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government on Monday failed to introduce a Bill that sought to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with a proposed law -- The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- after facing stiff opposition. The VB G RAM G Bill was listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday. It was to be introduced by rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Opposition MPs have demanded the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 'Atomic Energy Bill', and the VB-G RAM G Bill to Standing Committees, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. Jairam Ramesh stated that the three Bills require "deep study and wide consultations." "The entire Opposition is demanding that the following three far-reaching Bills be referred to the Standing Committees concerned. We are hopeful that, in keeping with the best of Parlia ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed confidence in Mahayuti's victory in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections next month. Speaking to reporters in Pune, CM Fadnavis said that, given the government's work, people will vote for Maharashtra's ruling alliance. Also Read | MGNREGA Renaming: Shashi Tharoor Says Controversy Over Renaming MGNREGA in Modi Government's Proposed New G-RAM-G Bill Is Unfortunate ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 15: The Unity Promo Fest 2025 concluded on a grand and celebratory note, reaffirming Tripura's growing stature as an emerging tourism destination. The festival, inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, witnessed participation from across India and abroad, bringing together tourism stakeholders, cultural groups and the general public. Also Read | MGNREGA Renaming: Shashi Tharoor Says Controversy Over Renaming MGNREGA in Modi Government's Proposed ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday called the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) "unfortunate", saying that the concept of Gram Swaraj and the ideal of Ram Rajya were never competing forces. This comes as the Central government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the MGNREGA scheme. Tharoor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party over introducing a bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA), alleging that the central government's move is motivated to "claim others' work as its own." Speaking to reporters, Akhilesh Yadav said that it is an "old habit" of the BJP to change the name. "The BJP's culture of changing names is very old... In this double-engine gove ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) -- has been circulated by the government among the Lok Sabha members, a source said. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005. It says the Bill is ai ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Centre is expected to introduce the Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G Ram G Bill) in the Lok Sabha this week. The proposed legislation seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The Bill proposes to increase guaranteed wage employment for rural households from 100 days to 125 days in a financial year. A major shift under the new framework is a revised fund-sharing pattern, under which s ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Voters in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency will go to the polls today in a high-stakes byelection that has become a prestige battle for the Congress, which hopes to wrest the seat from the BRS, while the BJP seeks to make electoral inroads in the city. Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm, with 58 candidates in the fray, though the main contest is between the three principal parties. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath. Chief Minister A. Reva ...Read More >
It is learnt that the Ministry informed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) last week that it may "consider" resumption of the MGNREGS in West Bengal under "special conditions" Days after a setback in the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has decided to consider resumption of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in West Bengal under "special conditions", The Indian Express has learnt. Implementation of the scheme in the state was suspended ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: As Ghatshila gears up for the Assembly by-election scheduled on November 11, 2025, the District Election Office has reminded voters that they can cast their votes even if they do not possess their Voter Photo Identity Card (EPIC) on polling day. To ensure that no eligible voter is deprived of their democratic right, the Election Commission has allowed the use of 12 alternative photo-bearing identity documents for identification at polling stations. According to official instructions ...Read More >
Kolkata, Nov 7 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Centre to immediately implement the MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal, while granting four weeks' time to file an affidavit regarding payment of arrears to beneficiaries. Passing an interim order, a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen said, "So far as payment of arrears is concerned, four weeks' time is granted to the Centre and other respondents to file their affidavit-in-opposi ...Read More >
Kolkata: Following the Supreme Court order, which upheld the Calcutta High Court's June 18 order directing the Centre to release Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds to West Bengal, Trinamool Congress leadership in West Bengal calls it "victory". The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the Central government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the prospective implementation of the MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from August 1. ...Read More >
The high court had directed that MGNREGA scheme be implemented prospectively with effect from August 1. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order which directed that MGNREGA, the 100-day job guarantee scheme, be implemented prospectively in West Bengal from August 1, 2025. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to entertain the plea filed against the June 18 order of the high court, saying the high court's o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court verdict allowing the prospective implementation of MGNREGA in West Bengal from August 1 this year is a "supreme blow" to the Centre and a victory for the poor people of the state. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order, which directed that MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), the 100-day job guarantee scheme, be impleme ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calling it a "historic victory for the people of Bengal", Trinamool on Monday hailed the Supreme Court's dismissal of a petition by the Centre challenging the Calcutta High Court's order to resume MGNREGA in the state after over three years. TMC said the SC order on the 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme was a "democratic slap on the face of those who believed Bengal could be bullied, coerced or silenced".TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee pos ...Read More >
West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari alleged he was attacked by goons in the Sunderbans while attending Kali Puja and Deepavali. He claimed the ruling TMC conspired to instigate illegal migrants from Bangladesh for the attacks, accusing police of failing to ensure his security despite court directives. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday claimed that he was attacked by goons in the Sunderbans area of South 24 Parganas district when he went to attend the Kali Puja ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Activating more than 2,000 Anganwadi Centres in tribal areas has earned the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) an award for outstanding contribution to Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN), an official said on Sunday. Making the Anganwadi Centres functional in the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) areas has empowered communities at the last mile, said the WCD Ministry in a post on X. The award was received by Ani ...Read More >
Kolkata, October 19: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday faced protests from a section of people at Raidighi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. People banged their hands on the car he was travelling in and shouted slogans against him when he was travelling in the district to inaugurate Kali Puja. The incident comes a day after the convoy of BJP Darjeeling MP Raju Bista was attacked in North Bengal by miscreants and weeks after the serious attack on BJ ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday instructed officials to speed up rural road projects in Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected regions, including Chhattisgarh, and the Northeast. Chairing a meeting to review the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Chouhan directed officials to further accelerate the pace of work across the country, especially in the LWE zones and the N-E, while promptly resolving challenges in coordination with ...Read More >
Pune/Kolhapur: The state govt's Rs 31,628 crore relief package for flood-affected families is not sufficient to actually help farmers, according to agriculture experts.While announcing the package on Tuesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the sediment of ponds would be utilised to level the farms where topsoil was washed away due to floods. He added that sediment from lakes and ponds were so fertile that farmers would require very little fertilizer, and announced an expenditure limit of ...Read More >
Patna, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Friday, made a direct pitch to Bihar's women voters, urging them to recognise their strength and vote for change in the upcoming state Assembly elections. Addressing a large gathering of women during the "Shakti Adhikar Mahila Samvad" programme at the Sadakat Ashram in Patna, Priyanka Gandhi accused the NDA government of trying to buy votes with cash transfers. "You (women) don't realise your power, but politic ...Read More >
Manmohan Singh was an eminent economist and served as Reserve Bank of India Governor from 1982 to 1985. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his 93rd birth anniversary, recalling his contributions to the nation during his years in public life. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, "Tributes to former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji on his birth anniversary. We recall his contributions to our nation during his long years in public life." ...Read More >
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