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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, 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, Dec 16 (PTI) India is set for a power-packed presence at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Swiss ski resort town of Davos next month with four union ministers including Ashwini Vaishnaw and Shivraj Singh Chouhan set to join five CMs and over 100 CEOs from the country. K Ram Mohan Naidu, Minister for Civil Aviation, and Pralhad Joshi, Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution, will also be part of the Indian delegation at the five-d ...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 [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 >
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 >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next tranche of PM Kisan, a cash-transfer programme for farmers, on November 19 in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore, handing out nearly ₹18,000 crore to 90 million eligible cultivators, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday. Modi, who will make a day's trip to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, will launch the South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 in Coimbatore, from where he will digitally transfer the cash, an official statement said. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Government has an objective to ensure the country's food security, provide nutritious food to the people, and ensure that farming remains a profitable business for farmers, Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Asian Seed Congress 2025, the Union Minister said that the Government has focused on setting a target to increase productivity per hectare, providing goo ...Read More >
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is set for a one-day Odisha visit on Nov 10. He will be the Chief Guest at 'Mandia Dibasa', interact with farmers in Cuttack, and chair a key meeting at ICAR-CRRI to boost agriculture. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will be on a one-day visit to Odisha on November 10 (Monday). During this visit, he will participate in key programmes aimed at enhancing farmers' income, ensuring nu ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (PTI) Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday asked agriculture scientists to develop high-quality millet seeds to make it a profitable crop so that farmers can divert towards it. Chouhan said this while addressing the international symposium on Shree Anna (Millet) and Woman Farmer here on the occasion of 'Mandia Divas' (Millets Day). "The farmers are looking for crops which will give them better financial benefits. So, it is a challe ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 10 (ANI): As Odisha celebrates 'Mandia Divas', Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that millet remains an important crop since it effectively grows in less water and "poor soil", apart from being nutritious for the body. Speaking to reporters at Bhubaneswar Airport, Chouhan stated that the government was making efforts to increase millet production. Also Read | What Is an E-Passport? From Eligibility to Steps To Apply for Next-Gen Digital ...Read More >
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], November 7 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday visited flood-ravaged farmlands in Beed, Maharashtra, and assured affected farmers of swift relief. Speaking on the devastation caused by the September floods, Chouhan described the damage as "terrible," and said, "In Maharashtra, a 'terrible' flood occurred in the month of September. The flood was such that fields turned into heaps of sand and stones. There are many farmers whose crops were ...Read More >
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], November 7 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday visited flood-ravaged farmlands in Beed, Maharashtra, and assured affected farmers of swift relief. Speaking on the devastation caused by the September floods, Chouhan described the damage as "terrible," and said, "In Maharashtra, a 'terrible' flood occurred in the month of September. The flood was such that fields turned into heaps of sand and stones. There are many farmers whose crops were ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet approved a Rs 38,000 crore fertiliser subsidy to support farmers in the Rabi season. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan praised the favorable monsoon and water levels bolstering agriculture. The Central government emphasizes collaboration with states to enhance productivity and food security. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning a Rs 38,000 crore fertiliser s ...Read More >
The agriculture minister said that private companies have their contribution, but public corporations have their own importance, there is a need to further improve performances of state seed corporations. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday asked state-owned National Seeds Corporation (NSC) to prepare a roadmap to increase its share to 25% from the current level of 4% in the domestic seed market. He assured farmers that the government would further strengthen NSC to reduce the ...Read More >
The Central government has approved a significant procurement plan for pulses and oilseeds. Farmers in Telangana, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh will benefit from this initiative. Over Rs 15,000 crore will be spent to purchase crops for the Kharif 2025-26 season. This move aims to ensure better returns for farmers and boost agricultural production. The Centre on Monday approved the procurement plan of pulses and oilseeds worth over Rs 15,000 crore from farmers in four states, including ...Read More >
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to fill thousands of vacant posts. This move aims to boost farm education across the country. The minister stressed that agricultural students' futures are paramount. He will also engage with state chief ministers on this critical issue. Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday directed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to immediately fill up vacant positions, which will improve f ...Read More >
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit the ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Vellore, on Saturday as part of the ongoing Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan (VKSA) - a nationwide campaign that celebrates India's progress in agriculture and reaffirms the collective resolve of "One Agriculture - One Country - One Team." This event underscores the Government of India's commitment to uniting national and state-level efforts to make agricu ...Read More >
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