US EditionSKM Decries New Bill: A “Retrograde” Threat to Rural Employment
- The Union government introduced the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Bill, 2025 to repeal MGNREGA, aiming to pass it during Parliament ending Friday .
- The government says the measure addresses farm-labour shortages by facilitating adequate availability during peak seasons, building on a NITI Aayog sub-group and a group of seven chief ministers .
- The Bill removes the 100-day legal guarantee by ending MGNREGA's 100-day entitlement, institutes the 60-day pause during peak seasons, and mandates biometric authentication and geo-spatial technology.
- Opposition MPs and activists warn that the Bill upends MGNREGA's demand-driven model, centralises decisions, shifts funding to 60:40, raising State governments' financial burden and risking work loss for women MNREGA workers and Adivasis.
- Activists announced nationwide protests from December 19, 2025, including calls by unions to burn copies of the Bill, while parliamentary debate ran late on December 17 with JD and LJP backing it.
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G RAM G Bill, brought to replace MGNREGA, passed by Lok Sabha amid Opposition uproar
The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) -- VB – G Ram G Bill, 2025 was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid a huge uproar by the Opposition, whose members tore copies of the bill in the lower house and protested against the Centre's move. They demanded that the Bill be referred to a standing committee and protested in the Well, tearing papers after the Speaker said the legislation had already been discussed at…
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey Attacks Congress Over Rural Jobs Bill; Calls MGNREGA 'Epicenter of Corruption'
In a late-night Lok Sabha session, the House debated the new 'Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)' (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the MGNREGA. The debate concluded at 1:35 AM with Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan set to reply today. During the discussion, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey launched a scathing attack on the Congress, stating, 'NREGA is the biggest center of corruption.' He added, 'Do not be t…
SKM Decries New Bill: A “Retrograde” Threat to Rural Employment
SKM Decries New Bill: A “Retrograde” Threat to Rural Employment The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has labeled the VB-G RAM G Bill as 'retrograde,' claiming it undermines the rights of rural workers and peasant households under the MGNREGA law. The SKM statement demanded the government enact similar urban employment laws and uphold employment as a statutory right for all.Introduced in the Lok Sabha, the bill proposes 125 days of wage employment annu…
Times of India
Shivraj Singh Chouhan tables G RAM G Bill in Lok Sabha, invokes Gandhi
Moving the Bill for consideration, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the proposed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VB-G RAM G) Bill aims to make villages self-reliant and poverty-free, in line with Mahatma Gandhi's vision of rural empowerment.
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