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The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Saptagiri Ulaka, connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to notation the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 to the Committee for elaborate scrutiny.
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In a missive to the Speaker, the Congress MP said the projected authorities introduces “far-reaching changes” to the model governing agrarian employment and livelihood support, with important implications for rural, tribal and economically susceptible populations. “Standing Committees are not procedural formalities; they are integral to Parliament’s legislative function,” Mr. Ulaka wrote, expressing “deep concern” implicit the imaginable of the Bill being processed without specified examination.
The missive flagged 3 large issues: the replacement of rights-based entitlements with contingent, government-identified provisions; structural changes with semipermanent consequences for agrarian employment; and questions of law propriety, including dilution of justiciable rights and erosion of accountability.
These, the MP argued, cannot beryllium adequately addressed wrong the confines of a level debate.
Calling it “institutionally anomalous” that the Bill has not been referred to the Committee astir straight acrophobic with its subject, the MP warned that bypassing scrutiny would weaken parliamentary oversight and diminish legislative quality. “Such a notation would beryllium accordant with parliamentary conventions and reaffirm Parliament’s committedness to deliberation and accountability,” the missive said, urging the Speaker to guarantee broad introspection successful the larger organization involvement of the House.
