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MNREGA: Is India's Landmark Rural Jobs Guarantee Scheme Under Threat From G RAM G?
Critics say the G RAM G Bill unlawfully imposes obligations on states and threatens India’s MGNREGA rural jobs guarantee, urging a Supreme Court challenge to protect federalism.
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G RAM G Bill Diminishes Job Guarantee: Centralisation Tramples Federalism
The Central government has no constitutional authority to interfere in the exercise of states’ executive authority in state list subjects and to impose any obligations on them. G RAM G Bill must be challenged by the states in the Supreme Court.
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday reacted sharply to the central government's decision to replace MNREGA with the VB-G RAM G (Vikas Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission Rural) scheme. Calling it a direct attack on the livelihoods of the poor, the Chief Minister said that the BJP government is bent on destroying the very spirit of the scheme, including removing Mahatma Gandhi's name. Mann announced that the state g…
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution34% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
Bias Distribution
- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
R 33%
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