The author argues that VB-G-RAM-G strengthens, not scraps, MGNREGA by expanding job guarantees, curbing leakages, creating ...

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader T. Harish Rao said on Friday that VB-G Ram ...

The Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 will lead to a resilient, self-reliant rural ...

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if ...

Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB- G RAM G, Bill was passed by Parliament on December 18. It will replace the MGNREGA Act, which provided a guaranteed wage employment to rural ...

VB- G RAM G bill replacing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has been widely criticised in and outside ...

Unlike MGNREGA’s Centre-heavy financing, the proposed VB-G RAM–G framework introduces a 60:40 funding model, shifting greater ...

While the government claims it is modernising rural employment, the Opposition says the new Bill dilutes a legal right to ...

The Congress has criticized the rebranding of MGNREGA as VB-G RAM G Act, stating it reduces local control over employment allocation and shifts financial burdens to states. The scheme's efficacy is ...

From RLEGP to MGNREGA to VB–G RAM G, India’s rural jobs programme has shifted in purpose, design and constitutional meaning.

It is set to replace MNREGA for national rural employment --- with states now tasked with preparing and notifying their ...

Activists are vocally opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill, which aims to replace MGNREGA, claiming it undermines the rights of rural workers by shifting to a centralised, budget-limited scheme. Economists ...