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  1. Congress has criticised the Centre’s new VB-G RAM G Act, set to replace MGNREGA from July 1, calling it a move towards centralisation and weaker rural labour rights, while the government defends it as a major reform english.mathrubhumi.com/news/i #MGNREGA #VBGRAMGAct #Congress #JairamRamesh #RuralEmployment

  2. The replacement of #MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G is an important development in #employment #guarantee provisions in #India. In this interview w/ Muhammed Midhilaj (IIT Gandhinagar), welfare economist Jean Drèze (Ranchi University/Delhi School of Economics) discusses this change.

    blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2026

  3. On February 12, farmers will join the all-India general strike called by central trade unions, demonstrating “unprecedented worker-peasant unity ...

    On Jan 16, the farmers’ collective will observe ‘Resistance Day’; will join Feb 12 TU strike against MGNREGA repeal, Electricity Bill, Seeds Bill and Labour Codes.#February12GeneralStrike #Cottonimportduty #TradeUnions #CTUs #LabourCodes #ElectricityBill #MGNREGA #SKM #VB-G-RAM-G
    Won’t Tolerate US Arm-Twisting of Indian Farmers, Says SKM; Month-Long Protest Plan | NewsClick

  4. SKM Action Plan · February 12 General Strike · Cotton import duty · Trade Unions · CTUs · Labour Codes · Electricity Bill · MGNREGA · SKM ...

    On Jan 16, the farmers’ collective will observe ‘Resistance Day’; will join Feb 12 TU strike against MGNREGA repeal, Electricity Bill, Seeds Bill and Labour Codes.#February12GeneralStrike #Cottonimportduty #TradeUnions #CTUs #LabourCodes #ElectricityBill #MGNREGA #SKM #VB-G-RAM-G
    Won’t Tolerate US Arm-Twisting of Indian Farmers, Says SKM; Month-Long Protest Plan | NewsClick

  5. MGNREGA Demolition: Brazen Assault on Constitution

    The manner of the Bill’s passage sets an utterly undemocratic precedent: that any right of the people, even when conferred in accordance with provisions of the Constitution, can be snatched by a mere voice vote in Parliament.

    by Prabhat Patnaik
    December 29, 2025

    https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-demolition-brazen-assault-constitution



    RE: https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/08d79915-8ca0-49ac-a0bb-d99a68c4272f
    #Asia #India #labor #labour #politics #economics #employment #RuralEmployment #EmploymentGuarantee #MGNREGA #MGNREGS #fascism
  6. MGNREGA Demolition: Brazen Assault on Constitution

    The manner of the Bill’s passage sets an utterly undemocratic precedent: that any right of the people, even when conferred in accordance with provisions of the Constitution, can be snatched by a mere voice vote in Parliament.

    by Prabhat Patnaik
    December 29, 2025

    https://www.newsclick.in/mgnrega-demolition-brazen-assault-constitution



    RE: https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/08d79915-8ca0-49ac-a0bb-d99a68c4272f
    #Asia #India #labor #labour #politics #economics #employment #RuralEmployment #EmploymentGuarantee #MGNREGA #MGNREGS #fascism
  7. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the Centre over the newly-passed VB-G RAM-G law, alleging that the Modi government is ‘destroying MGNREGA’ and forcing poor villagers and farm workers into ‘slavery’ for the rich. english.mathrubhumi.com/news/i #Congress #MallikarjunKharge #VBGRAMG #India #MGNREGA

  8. She alleged that the government had recently “run a bulldozer over MGNREGA”, claiming that Mahatma Gandhi’s name had been removed and the structure of the scheme altered arbitrarily english.mathrubhumi.com/news/i #mgnrega #soniagandhi #mahatma

  9. 🔴 MGNREGA पर सियासी संग्राम
    राहुल गांधी का आरोप — मोदी सरकार ने एक ही दिन में 20 साल की MGNREGA को खत्म कर दिया।
    VB-G RAM G बिल को लेकर विपक्ष का तीखा हमला।
    👉 पूरी खबर पढ़ें: zurl.co/4F9G8
    #MGNREGA #RahulGandhi📢

  10. 🧩 राजनीति में नया संकेत?
    📌 चंद्रबाबू नायडू ने किया मनरेगा का ज़िक्र
    🤝 एनडीए में नीतिगत मतभेद की चर्चा
    🌾 ग्रामीण रोजगार फिर बना बड़ा मुद्दा
    zurl.co/kWpd2
    #ChandrababuNaidu #MGNREGA

  11. 🏛️ मनरेगा की जगह नया कानून?
    📜 ‘वीबी–जी राम जी’ बिल संसद में पेश
    👷 125 दिन रोज़गार का प्रस्ताव
    ⚖️ विपक्ष ने उठाए अधिकार और फंडिंग पर सवाल
    🗳️ ग्रामीण भारत पर पड़ेगा बड़ा असर
    zurl.co/bR7Vl
    #VBGRamJi #MGNREGA

  12. Ohh, looks like "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme" is now proposed to be renamed as "Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act", or VB–G RAM G Act!

    And as I predicted, it is no longer a right or a guarantee, it is now simply alms thrown by the government to the people. In the words of CPI(M) MP John Brittas:

    VB–G RAM G Bill repealing MGNREGA: removing Mahatma Gandhi was only the trailer. The real damage is deeper.

    Govt removed the soul of a rights-based guarantee law and replaced it with a conditional, centrally controlled scheme stacked against States & workers.

    “125 days” is the headline. 60:40 is the fine print - MGNREGA was a fully centrally funded one for unskilled wages; G RAM G downgrades it with States to bear 40%. States will now have to shell out around Rs. 50,000+ crore. Kerala alone will have to bear an additional 2,000–2,500 crore. Cost-shifting by stealth, not reform. This is the new federalism: States pay more, Centre walks away, yet claims the credit.

    MGNREGA was demand-driven: if a worker asked for work, the Centre had to pay - G RAM G replaces this with Centre’s pre-fixed normative allocations & ceilings. When funds run out, rights run out. A legal employment guarantee is reduced to a centrally managed publicity scheme at the expense of States.

    Panchayats sidelined, dashboards empowered - MGNREGA trusted Gram Sabhas & Panchayats to plan works based on local needs - G RAM G mandates GIS tools, PM Gati Shakti layers & central digital stacks. Local priorities are filtered through a Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack. It makes biometrics, geo-tagging, dashboards & AI audits statutory. For millions of rural workers, tech failures mean exclusion without appeal.
    Decentralisation replaced by centralised templates; People become data points.

    Worse, G RAM G mandates suspension of work for up to 60 days every year in the name of agricultural seasons. Employment guarantee or labour control? Scheme labourers are legally told: Don’t work. Don’t earn. Wait. Stopping public works to push labour into private farms is not welfare - it is state-managed labour supply, stripping workers of wages, choice and dignity.

    G RAM G stands for central control, State funds & conditional rights. Same workers. Less rights. More burden. This Bill doesn’t reform MGNREGA - it dismantles it fiscally, institutionally and morally.

    Bottom line: In the name of RAM, the States and poor are penalised, short-changed and fiscally sacrificed.


    #Asia #India #employment #RuralEmployment #EmploymentGuarantee #MGNREGA #MGNREGS
  13. The Indian government has renamed the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme" to "Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana" - sigh!

    While translating the other words to Hindi/Sanskrit (their usual obsession), the Indian fascists have cleverly removed the word "Guarantee" (or its Hindi/Sanskrit translation) from the name of the scheme. So I guess now it formally is just part of an alms package, to be offered and withdrawn at the government's will.

    They also replaced the words "Mahatma Gandhi" with "Pujya Bapu" - which fucking Bapu is this? Asaram?

    I guess people will simply shorten the new name to "PuBG Rozana".

    @meetdheeraj


    #Asia#India#employment#RuralEmployment#EmploymentGuarantee#MGNREGA#MGNREGS#PBGRY
  14. All the PM’s Men: 13 Issues that Tell Us How the PMO Helps Modi Run a Presidential Govt

    Those who are appointed to Modi’s office ensure that the spotlight remains only on the PM, in times of crisis – as the rescuer – and when the going is good.

    #PMO #NarendraModi #governance #RafaelDeal #qatar #RamTemple #GST #MGNREGA #covid19 #CovidMismanagement #article370abrogation #kashmir #CAG #FodderScam #BJP #india

    thewire.in/government/prime-mi

  15. A New Dawn? Can India Reverse Its Staggering Inequality?

    How long will India’s working people live with a policy regime that concentrates unimaginable levels of wealth in a few hands and leaves millions of people struggling for food, healthcare, decent schooling, work, and pensions when they age? asks Harsh Mander. (Article from February 2023)

    #poverty #inequality #hunger #starvation #malnutrition #malnourishment #labour #economy #MGNREGA #wealth #billionaires #BJP #india

    theindiaforum.in/public-policy

  16. Sharp Fall in Number of MGNREGA Workers in Telangana After Union’s Push Towards Aadhaar-Based Pay

    According to experts, the deletion of job cards outnumbered the additions under the scheme because of the new norm.

    #telangana #MGNREGA #aadhaar #ABPS #labour #jobs #NPCI #AadhaarLinking #UIDAI #livelihood #india

    thewire.in/labour/sharp-fall-i

  17. How Aadhaar is strangling MGNREGA in a Maharashtra district and pushing workers to migrate

    Poor villagers are struggling to meet the stringent Aadhaar-linking requirements to get wages, leaving many with no choice but to leave home.

    #aadhaar #MGNREGA #maharashtra #palghar #wages #LabourRights #AEPS #AadhaarLinking #BJPStates #india

    scroll.in/article/1062358/how-

  18. Aadhaar-linked pay becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers

    The Centre mandates payment of all MGNREGA wages through an Aadhaar-based system though 34.8% of registered workers and 12.7% of active workers are not eligible; 7.6 crore workers deleted since April 2022.

    #MGNREGA #aadhaar #ABPS #MGNREGS #wages #labour #UIDAI #unemployment #LabourRights #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/new

  19. Average 30 Farmer Suicides Per Day in Modi Govt Years Points to a Systemic Apathy

    The attempt by neoliberal governance has been to steadily depoliticise farmers' suicides and strip them of any deeper messaging. Analysis by Anirban Bhattacharya, Pranay Raj and Nancy Pathak.

    #farmers #FarmerSuicides #maharashtra #agriculture #BJP #NarendraModi #poverty #MGNREGA #PMKisan #PMFBY #india

    TW: suicide

    thewire.in/agriculture/average

  20. No CAG Performance Audit of MGNREGA for 10 Years Poses Serious Questions

    CAG’s performance audits examine the extent to which an activity, programme or organisation operates economically, efficiently and effectively.

    #MGNREGA #CAG #GovtSchemes #welfare #india

    thewire.in/government/cag-audi

  21. ‘Struggling to buy even soap’: Their wages unpaid, Bengal MNREGA workers being pushed into poverty

    Hundreds of workers protested in Delhi last week against the Centre’s decision to block funds to the state since December 2021.

    #WestBengal #MGNREGA #wages #labour #labor #LabourRights #TMC #BJP #UnionGovt #india

    scroll.in/article/1057201/stru

  22. ‘Weren’t paid a paisa for our labour:’ MGNREGA workers from West Bengal ready to protest today

    A temporary tent has been set up to house the 4,000-odd beneficiaries and party members, mattresses line the floor as far as the eye can see and fans whir fruitlessly trying to beat the humid September afternoon heat.

    indianexpress.com/article/citi

    #WestBengal #MGNREGA #agriculture #farmers #wages #governance #rights #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

  23. Social Audit Units Under NREGA in Dismal State

    The social audit units, which are meant to detect any cases of malpractice, are suffering because they are fund-starved and do not have trained or adequate personnel working for them.

    thewire.in/government/social-a

    #NREGA #MGNREGA #SocialAuditUnits #RuralDevelopment #economy #welfare #corruption #BJPStates #india

  24. Narendra Modi's Decade in Power Has Brought a Shrinking Welfare Landscape to India

    Declining allocations on social welfare spending, and neglect of existing schemes and programmes, underscore how welfare has come to be constrained in the past ten years.

    thewire.in/economy/narendra-mo

    #welfare #poverty #inequality #economy #UnionGovtSchemes #MGNREGA #FoodSecurity #NationalHealthMission #WelfareSchemes #governance #india

  25. Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India: Moody’s

    Amid India’s digital infra push, Moody’s says the world’s largest digital ID programme often denies service to users; it questions reliability of biometric technology, warns of privacy and security risks.

    thehindu.com/news/national/ami

    #aadhaar #moodys #DigitalID #identity #biometrics #AEPS #ABPS #MGNREGA #privacy #security #PersonalData #technology #UIDAI #india

  26. Now, drones to monitor MGNREGA worksites

    Union government SOP permits drone usage for investigating corruption complaints or other violations at MGNREGA worksites; States will not get additional funds for drones.

    #MGNREGA #labour #drones #surveillance #labor #UnionGovt #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/dro

  27. Aadhaar-based MGNREGA payment causing delays in wages, non-disbursal

    Workers contracted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Telangana plan to stage state-wide protests against the new Aadhaar-based wage payment and app-based attendance systems.

    #MGNREGA #MGNREGS #aadhaar #wages #labour #labor #employment #economy #NMMS #ABPS #UIDAI #UnionGovt #india

    thenewsminute.com/article/aadh

  28. Loopholes in the NMMS App, Aadhaar-Based Payment System Delaying MGNREGA Workers’ Wages: Report

    The labourers who work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are bearing the brunt of the Union government's push for technology coupled with a lack of digital infrastructure.

    #MGNREGA #NMMS #aadhaar #AEPS #labour #employment #LabourRights #technology #exclusion #MGNREGS #NREGA #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/rights/mgnrega-work

  29. How An Aadhaar Fraud Forces The Poor Into Paying For Welfare Schemes They Do Not Want

    Across India, banks are enrolling account-holders in social security schemes without their assent. Kiosk operators or banks’ business correspondents deceitfully obtain customers’ fingerprints for authentication via the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System, thus imposing the Narendra Modi government’s welfare schemes on the rural poor. Kiosk operators allege that banks pressurise them to enrol customers, by hook or crook, in the government’s life insurance, accident insurance and pension schemes.

    #aadhaar #UID #identification #exclusion #DigitalDivide #welfare #poverty #privacy #banking #biometrics #security #PMJDY #PMSBY #governance #AEPS #UIDAI #MGNREGA #employment #UnionGovt #india

    article-14.com/post/how-an-aad