Overview
- Parliament’s VB-G RAM G law replacing MGNREGA is now enacted with presidential assent, formalizing a new rural employment framework.
- Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attacked the Congress’s planned “MNREGA Bachao Sangram,” labeling it a “Bhrashtachar Bachao Sangram” and accusing the party of spreading misinformation.
- The government highlights a shift to 125 guaranteed workdays, an unemployment allowance if work on demand is not provided, village-led selection of projects, and a pause on works during peak agricultural seasons.
- Chouhan said the scheme follows a 60:40 Centre–state funding split, and noted BJP president J. P. Nadda chaired a meeting to prepare a nationwide awareness drive on the law’s provisions.
- Union minister Giriraj Singh alleged the Congress opposes the scheme because it carries the name of Lord Ram and accused the party of being anti-poor and anti-rural.