Topic: MGNREGA
“Is peaceful protest a crime”: Congress slams lathi-charge on NSUI’s MGNREGA march in Varanasi
The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government of ordering a “brutal lathi-charge” on National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) protesters who were taking out a peaceful march in Varanasi as part of the party’s nationwide ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ campaign.
Lok Sabha passes VB-G RAM G Bill amid Opposition protests, demands for panel scrutiny
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the...
Opposition slams Union’s new Rozgar Bill as ‘backdoor dismantling’ of MGNREGA’s rights-based framework
The Union government is expected to table the Viksit Bharat, Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, a landmark rights-based employment law introduced by the Congress-led UPA government.
Nearly 27 lakh MGNREGA workers deleted in one month; Congress slams move as “denial of rural poor’s right to work”
Nearly 27 lakh workers’ names were deleted from the MGNREGA database between October 10 and November 14, a figure that far exceeds the 10.5 lakh additions recorded during the same period, which congress Leader Jairam Ramesh called an “attempt to deny India’s rural poor their legislative right to employment.”
Union govt ‘systematically undermined’ MGNREGA, says Sonia Gandhi demanding 400 rupees minimum wage, 150 workdays
Veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led government for keeping Budget allocation for MGNREGA stagnant over time.
“PM Modi’s cruel new year gift”: Congress as millions to be excluded as Aadhaar-based system made mandatory for MGNREGS
Millions of workers will be deprived of a basic income as the Congress claims that the Union government's mandatory implementation of an Aadhaar-based payment system for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) will hinder their earnings.
