Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) Reacting to the Congress-led government convening a special legislature session from January 21 to oppose the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the Congress fears the loss of its “income shop” after the entry of the G Ram G Act.Addressing the media at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan, State BJP General Secretary P. Rajeev alleged tha…
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Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) The Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) has announced that ballot papers will be used instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the Bengaluru civic polls, and the elections will be held after May 25.Karnataka State Election Commissioner G.S. Sangreshi made the announcement on Monday at a press conference after releasing the draft voters’ list for elections in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits.“Civic polls to the five newly formed municipal corp…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The National Cooperative Database (NCD) has recorded over 8.5 lakh cooperatives, of which approximately 6.6 lakh are operational — covering nearly 98 per cent of rural India and serving around 32 crore members across 30 sectors, official data showed on Sunday.These institutions connect milk producers, artisans, fishers, traders, and workers to markets, while connections with women-led SHGs have integrated nearly 10 crore women into the cooperative framework.“From nati…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Congress said on Tuesday that its ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ is reaching 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats, accusing the Union government of letting loose a bulldozer on the rural job schemes of the UPA-era. Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Sabha MP MP and Congress General Secretary Communications In-charge, in a message on social media platform X, said, “The Union government has run a bulldozer over the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, which has bec…
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on Monday, accused the Congress of running a “fake campaign” against the newly implemented Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act that replaced the decades-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Defending the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre’s decision for repealing the UPA’s MGNREGA into the ‘VB-G RAM G Act’, which is being debated across the country…
Bengaluru, Jan 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday accused the Congress of creating a false narrative about the VB G-RAM-G scheme and challenged Congress leaders in Karnataka to an open public debate with documents to expose what he called their lies.It may be noted that Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar had challenged BJP and JD(S) leaders over the scrapping of MGNREGA and the introduction of G-RAM-G by the Centre…
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Telangana’s ruling Congress on Thursday decided to organise a series of protests across the state for 45 days, demanding restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The state Congress unit, at its meeting at party headquarters, Gandhi Bhavan, decided to fight against Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB G RAM G), which was recently passed by the Parliament to replace the MGNREGS.The meeting, …
Bhopal, Jan 7 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav and state BJP president Hemant Khandelwal praised the newly enacted Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).The leaders described the legislation, introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, as a “revolutionary” step that will transform rural India and termed attempts of Congress leaders to oppose…
Ranchi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Monday organised a protest march in Ranchi against the new law enacted to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), alleging that the move would weaken rural employment security.The march, led by State Congress President Keshav Mahto Kamlesh, began at Bapu Vatika in Morabadi and culminated at Lok Bhavan in Ranchi.Before the start of the march, Congress leaders and workers paid floral tribu…
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, criticised the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repealing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replacing it with the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Act, and announced that the protest will be held at the national level from the party and also from the Congress-led government in the state. Addressing a joint press …