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MNREGA gets new name, 125 days of employment
The New Indian Express Shivamogga
|December 13, 2025
SETTING the stage for a major overhaul of the country’s flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.
The government also proposes to increase the guaranteed employment from 100 to 125 days of work per rural household each year. It also plans to revise the minimum wage under the scheme to %240 per day, along with additional budgetary allocations to support the expanded mandate.
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