NREGA was never just a welfare scheme. It gave legal status to the State’s obligation to secure the right to work ...

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

The attempt to get states to shoulder a greater share of the financial burden of welfare schemes is over a decade old The ...

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

Any legislation on higher education must be informed by the best practices around the world, wherein academic freedom is ...

BENGALURU: KARNATAKA Minister for IT/ BT and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said that the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, is anti-poor, ...

It is set to replace MNREGA for national rural employment --- with states now tasked with preparing and notifying their ...

In 2011-12, roughly 100 million rural Indians sought work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, ...

The Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 will lead to a resilient, self-reliant rural ...

Notably, the VB RAM G Bill also includes a provision to pause work for up to 60 days during peak agricultural sowing and ...

The shift to an allocation based and shared fiscal burden raises question about employment security and regional inequality ...

The Deputy Chief Minister further criticised the new framework of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, claiming it was detrimental to workers who had ...