MGNREGA or the VB-G-RAM-G Act—the policy should not be a continuation of doles and freebies but a pathway to systemic ...

The stated objective of renaming the scheme is to align it with the vision of a “developed India” by 2047. However, the ...

Erratic rainfall, prolonged heat, groundwater depletion, and volatile farm incomes are becoming structural features of rural ...

By Bhaskar Sur* Swami Vivekananda now belongs more to the modern Hindu mythology than reality. It makes a daunting job to ...

The author argues that VB-G-RAM-G strengthens, not scraps, MGNREGA by expanding job guarantees, curbing leakages, creating ...

That the Modi government would actually dismantle the architecture of one of the UPA era’s most significant rural welfare programmes, and remove MK Gandhi’s name, took the Opposition by surprise.

Additionally, the Rajya Sabha adopted a Statutory Resolution to apply the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) ...

After cruising through the Lexington Regional having lost one single set in four matches — UCLA threw a jab back in the Round ...

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die on Friday, shortly after resuming, marking the end of the winter session in which the government cleared several legislations, including opening insurance ...

Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB- G RAM G, Bill was passed by Parliament on December 18. It will replace the MGNREGA Act, which provided a guaranteed wage employment to rural ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly opposing the Centre’s proposed ...

By replacing MGNREGA’s legal job guarantee with a centrally controlled, budget-capped scheme, the new law has raised concerns ...