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The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly connected Friday (January 23, 2026) “unanimously” adopted a solution urging the Union authorities to guarantee that the close to enactment of radical successful agrarian areas is established arsenic per the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005. The solution further said that continuous backing for the aforesaid indispensable beryllium secured successful accordance with the employment needs of the mediocre and based connected State show successful the MGNREG Scheme.
The resolution, moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin the House, said it indispensable beryllium guaranteed that the allocation for the strategy was nary little than those made successful the erstwhile years nether the MGNREGS, truthful that the livelihood of women, persons with disabilities, and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was continuously protected and societal information was assured.
The projected caller process of the Union authorities successful providing allocation connected a discretionary basis, based connected the intended assessment, should beryllium abandoned and the signifier of providing allocation according to the request for employment, which was already being followed nether the MGNREGS, should continue, the solution stated. Respecting the national principles, the State governments should beryllium allowed to formulate the process for allocating the funds arsenic per the request for employment.
Under the caller Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), erstwhile the State government’s publication rises to 40%, the fiscal load connected the State volition summation significantly, the solution noted. It emphasised that the fiscal publication for the caller programme should beryllium akin to that of the MGNREGS.
“With assorted intentions, the sanction of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, has been removed,” and this strategy has been renamed VB-G RAM G, the solution stated. It urged that the programme “should proceed to beryllium named aft Mahatma Gandhi successful remembrance of the principles laid down [by him] and the way helium had shown to the nation.”
Union govt. deceiving TN: Stalin
While moving the motion, Mr. Stalin said though the Tamil Nadu authorities has been treating some Union and State authorities programmes equally, the Union authorities has been “betraying” the State. “The Union authorities is displaying a a step-motherly cognition towards Tamil Nadu by not releasing funds, beryllium it for immoderate Union authorities programme, and was intentionally causing delay.”
Pointing to the hold successful the merchandise of funds for assorted programmes, including MGNREGS, Mr. Stalin said: “Who is affected by this delay? The mediocre farmers and the downtrodden successful the agrarian areas of Tamil Nadu are affected.” The VB-G RAM G was replacing MGNREGS, helium said, and added: “Our MPs from Tamil Nadu voiced their absorption erstwhile the Bill came up [in Parliament]. All Opposition parties opposed it. But the Union authorities did not respect our voices.”
Speaking connected behalf of his party, AIADMK Deputy Floor Leader R.B. Udhayakumar said the solution was being introduced successful the Assembly for “political reasons.” In response, Mr. Stalin said Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami was astir to conscionable Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful Chennai connected Friday, and that helium hoped that Mr. Palaniswami would impulse Mr. Modi against VB-G RAM G.
Congress legislator K. Selvaperunthagai, Pennagaram MLA G.K. Mani, VCK MLA M. Babu, CPI(M) MLA M. Chinnadurai, CPI MLA K. Marimuthu, Tiruchengodu MLA E.R. Eswaran, Papanasam MLA M.H. Jawahirullah, and Ariyalur MLA K. Chinnappa besides spoke connected the resolution. The BJP members were not contiguous successful the House. Following a dependable vote, Speaker M. Appavu declared that the solution was adopted unanimously.
