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MNREGA is now VB–G Ram G: What it is and how it’s different — key FAQs answered

NEW DELHI: Centre is set to introduce a new rural employment law in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another ...
The Financial Express

‘Ram ka naam badnaam na karo’: Shashi Tharoor blasts Centre over move to rename MNREGA to VB–G RAM G Bill

The Centre’s proposal to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is ‘immoral and unnecessary,’ said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in the Lok Sabha today. The ...
The Hindu

DMK will force BJP to withdraw Bill replacing MNREGA with ‘anti-farmhands’ scheme, says Stalin

The DMK, which is “delivering people-friendly governance” in Tamil Nadu through a range of welfare schemes, will force the BJP-led Union Government to recall its move to destroy the Mahatma Gandhi ...
Outlookindia

Why A Scheme Modi Called a ‘Monument of Congress Failure’ Is Now Being Replaced

The Union government has introduced a Bill to replace MNREGA with the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM-G). Critics argue that the proposed law shifts a ...
Indiatimes

‘Most Successful Scheme’: Congress Slams BJP Over MNREGA Renaming

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday defended the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, calling it one of the most successful welfare schemes introduced by the UPA government. He ...
Mint

5 key differences between proposed VB-G Ram G Bill and MNREGA

Union government will replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) with Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) VB—G RAM G BILL, 2025. A ...