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MNREGA: Mainpuri leads in rural employment generation

The Times of India 25 Dec 2025
The 100 days of employment under MNREGA is important because it provides a legal safety net for rural households and strengthens rural livelihoods.
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‘MNREGA name change insult to Mahatma Gandhi’

The Times of India 23 Dec 2025
Also, the harvesting season will be the time when the scheme will not be operational.'The Congress-led govt decentralised MNREGA, giving panchayats the implementation authority, but the Modi govt is taking that away.
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MNREGA: Is India

BBC News 22 Dec 2025
India’s rural jobs guarantee, a global model, faces controversy as a new law reshapes the original scheme. .
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Jharkhand Congress warns new MNREGA law will burden state

Hindustan Times 22 Dec 2025
“In MNREGA, the central government contributed 90% of the total expenditure, but in the new law, the Centre-state ratio has been changed to 60.40 ...The Congress government changed the name of the MNREGA scheme many times.
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MNREGA was people's right, VB-G RAM G is like govt giving alms to people: Congress' ...

The Economic Times 21 Dec 2025
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said the demand for restoration of statehood is central to the identity of Jammu and Kashmir, calling its removal a major intervention in India’s federal and democratic structure ... .
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DMK will force BJP to withdraw Bill replacing MNREGA with ‘anti-farmhands’ scheme, says Stalin

The Hindu 21 Dec 2025
CM Stalin condemns the BJP’s proposed VB-G RAM G Bill as an attack on rural livelihoods, pledging to mobilise sustained protests alongside allies to protect MNREGA and defend the welfare of Tamil Nadu’s agricultural workers ....
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G RAM G Bill, Which Will Replace MNREGA, Gets President Murmu's Assent

NDTV 21 Dec 2025
President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, an official said on Sunday ... .
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MNREGA reduced to wage-distribution scheme, poor stripped from right to work: Congress leaders

Hindustan Times 21 Dec 2025
Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, which guarantees 125 days of wage employment to people in rural areas, replaces the UPA-era MNREGA ... Mnrega Mahatma Gandhi.
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'Satyameva Jayate' protest: Karnataka Congress targets ED cases, calls MNREGA renaming insult to Gandhi

International Business Times 20 Dec 2025
The protesters also condemned the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name while renaming the MNREGA scheme, which the party termed an insult to the Father of the Nation ... Also Read ... Karnataka Congress targets ED cases, calls MNREGA renaming insult to Gandhi ... .
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P B Mehta writes: MNREGA was the ground beneath our feet. It\u2019s slipping away

Indian Express 19 Dec 2025
One of the principal arguments advanced against the ...
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Lok Sabha Winter Session ends after MNREGA repeal, nuclear reform and insurance Bills cleared

Live Mint 19 Dec 2025
The Lok Sabha’s 19-day Winter Session concludes with major Bills passed on jobs, nuclear energy and insurance, even as politically charged debates and opposition protests dominate proceedings ....
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G RAM G Clears Parliament, To Replace MNREGA. What Is In The New Bill?

NDTV 19 Dec 2025
The G RAM G bill cleared Parliament shortly after midnight Friday to the tune of vociferous objections by opposition lawmakers angry about the name which invokes the name of Lord Ram over that of... .
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