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Oppn raps 60:40 funding plan for rural job scheme
The Morning Standard
|December 16, 2025
EXPECTED TO GO TO A STANDING COMMITTEE
WITH the government all set to introduce a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and replace it with a new rural employment law on Tuesday, the Opposition launched a blistering attack for diluting the scheme and burdening the exchequer of all states.
Though the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAM G) Bill, 2025, was listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business for Monday, the government held it back after Opposition protests. According to sources, the government has assured the Opposition in the Business Council Meeting that the proposed legislation will be sent to the standing committee.
This story is from the December 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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