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Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada successful complaint Dinesh Gundu Rao connected Friday said the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, enacted by the NDA authorities astatine the Centre, volition severely impact gram panchayats.
Speaking to reporters astatine the District Congress bureau here, Mr. Rao said the VB-G RAM G Act, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, would considerably curtail backing to gram panchayats that heavy depended connected MGNREGA to undertake respective works. The Congress would situation the caller Act earlier the courts acrophobic portion taking the contented to the people’s tribunal excessively highlighting the adverse effects of the caller Act.
The Minister said the Congress and the UPA had brought successful respective authorities strengthening the communal man, including the Right to Information Act, the Right to Education Act, the MGNREGA, the Lokpal Act, the National Food Security Act, Forest Rights Act., etc. On the different hand, the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance authorities not lone failed to bring successful immoderate authorities worthy mentioning to fortify the beingness of the communal man, but besides has been diluting galore pro-people legislations, helium said.
No guarantee
While the MGNREGA had guaranteed employment for agrarian radical for 100 days, the VB-G RAM G Act has diluted the warrant to lone a Centrally-sponsored scheme. The Centre wholly funded the MGNREGA, portion the caller Act limits Centre’s stock lone to 60%, leaving the remainder to beryllium borne by State governments.
Calling the caller Act an enactment of autocracy, Mr. Rao said the Centre did not consult stakeholder States earlier introducing the caller legislation. The Centre besides did not travel retired with the drawbacks of the MGNREGA and explained wherever it failed, if astatine each the strategy was a failure. Worldwide, the MGNREGA was being lauded for its interaction connected agrarian employment generation, the Minister stated. It had benefited 19.28 crore radical crossed the state successful 2024-25 erstwhile terrible drought prevailed, helium added.
He besides alleged that the Sangh Parivar and the BJP had ever nursed a grudge against Mahatma Gandhi, and frankincense the Centre dropped the sanction of the strategy portion introducing the caller legislation.
MLC Ivan D’Souza and different elder leaders were present.
