A preview of the critical changes is essential for understanding the concerns. One, the statutory guarantee remains, raising ...

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 ...

Erratic rainfall, prolonged heat, groundwater depletion, and volatile farm incomes are becoming structural features of rural ...

BJP defends VB-G RAM G Act, calling it necessary reform, countering Sonia Gandhi's claims of MGNREGA's demolition as ...

New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Congress leader Udit Raj on Sunday criticised the passage of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G-RAM-G) Bill in Parliament, ...

Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy asserted that VB-G RAM G Bill was much better than the MGNREGA and would provide guarantee of at least 125 days of employment in rural areas. During an event ...

Referring to the VB-G RAM G scheme, Stalin said work allocation would now be left to the discretion of officials, as per the wishes of the union government. CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on ...

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

What is at stake is not merely the fate of one law, but the survival of a core democratic principle: that the State is obligated to guarantee dignity, work, and social and economic justice. This ...

NEW DELHI: Centre is set to introduce a new rural employment law in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with another ...

A 125-day employment guarantee, tighter planning, and an infrastructure-first push mark the most sweeping overhaul of rural jobs policy in two decades. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and ...

If you thought 2025 had a lot of AI-related job displacement, just wait until next year. OpenAI’s latest AI model, GPT-5.2, achieved a new record in GDPval, an evaluation created by the company in ...