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MGNREGA renamed VB-G RAM G
The Free Press Journal - Indore
|December 16, 2025
As the Centre on Monday listed the introduction of a Bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with a new law for rural employment — Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questioned the rationale behind the move to remove the name of the Father of the Nation from the scheme.
Talking to reporters in the Parliament complex, Gandhi asked, “Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what
This story is from the December 16, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Indore.
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