MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove ...

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.

The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 -- which was passed by the Lok Sabha on ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the renaming of the state's 'Karmashree' scheme to the 'Mahatma ...

Her move was aimed at protesting the BJP-led Centre’s step to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ...

Under the VB-G RAM G scheme, which is also Centrally sponsored, State governments will shoulder a larger share of expenditure ...

The central government is preparing for a major shift in India’s rural employment framework. After nearly two decades of ...

INDIA bloc MPs including TMC hold march from Gandhi statue to Makkar Dwar in protest against the VB-G RAM G Bill.

The bill is designed to be both worker-friendly and farmer-friendly, while strengthening decentralised planning and ...

Lok Sabha passes VB-G RAM G Bill, replacing MGNREGA with a 125-day rural job guarantee, ₹95,000 crore allocation. Opposition protests over Gandhi’s name removal; bill introduces tech-based monitoring, ...

The Bengal Chief Minister addressed the state’s Business Conclave, stating, ‘...what Bengal has achieved, no one else can.