Siddaramaiah calls upon farmers to ‘unanimously oppose’ VB G-RAM-G Act

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called upon farmers of the State to “unanimously oppose” the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, brought successful by the Union authorities successful spot of the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) Act, 2005. He was speaking aft inaugurating this year’s variation of International Trade and Organic Fair present connected Friday.

This comes days aft the State authorities passed a solution demanding the reinstatement of MGNREG Act, 2005 repealing the VB G-RAM-G Act, 2025. On the level of the House, the Chief Minister and respective Congress leaders had vowed to instrumentality the conflict against the caller instrumentality to the streets and warned the BJP that this could again trigger an agitation similar the 1 that successfully forced the Union authorities to backtrack connected workplace laws.

Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that MGNREGA was scrapped without consulting State governments and replaced with the VB-G RAM G Act, from which Mahatma Gandhi’s sanction has been removed. He told farmers crossed Karnataka to request the reinstatement of MGNREGA and cull the caller law.

Criticising the Centre’s move, the Chief Minister said MGNREG Act, 2005, introduced during erstwhile Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure, had ensured employment for women, tribal radical and labourers, with works decided astatine the gram sabha level. He pointed retired that these powers person present been centralised, with the Union authorities deciding works and grants. Under MGNREG Act, 2005, helium said, the Centre earlier bore the afloat wage outgo and guaranteed 100 days of work, whereas nether the caller arrangement, lone 60% of the subsidy is provided, leaving States to carnivore the remaining 40%.

Mr. Siddaramaiah said the State authorities had reinstated the Krishi Bhagya Yojana, which helium termed arsenic 1 of the astir important promises fulfilled from the Congress manifesto. “The scheme, which was suspended during the erstwhile BJP government’s tenure, has present been revived with an allocation of astir ₹200 crore,” helium said, highlighting different payment schemes specified arsenic Shakti, Gruha Jyothi and Gruha Lakshmi, describing them arsenic important for women.