For several organisations and individuals associated with the employment guarantee programme, the writing has long been on ...

Erratic rainfall, prolonged heat, groundwater depletion, and volatile farm incomes are becoming structural features of rural life in India. Parliament has repealed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...

India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat @2047 cannot be charted on the strength of urban growth alone. Nearly two-thirds of the country’s population still lives in rural and semi-rural areas, and their ...

New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI) Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Thursday extended warm New Year greetings to the nation, emphasising the importance of collective efforts towards building a stronger and ...

SBI Research has said that the Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-RAM G Bill marks a ...

The author argues that VB-G-RAM-G strengthens, not scraps, MGNREGA by expanding job guarantees, curbing leakages, creating durable rural assets and aligning welfare with growth under Modi’s Viksit ...

The dismantling of MGNREGA is not a technocratic policy decision but a logical extension of a political project that is ...

Punjab is about 2.3% of India’s population, yet in 2024-25, it generated roughly 309 lakh person-days — about 1.1% of the ...

VIJAYAWADA: The repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its replacement with the VB-G RAM G Act marks a fun.

It incorporates the lessons learnt from 20 years of operational experience under MNREGS and makes it into an effective social security net ...

The repeal of MGNREGA dismantles India’s right to work. VB-GRAMG centralises power, weakens labour rights, and reshapes rural ...

Several commentators and opposition leaders have sought to trivialize the reform undertaken for the rural employment ...