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- India
Kerala Assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of VB-G RAM G scheme
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Thursday, February 5, passed a resolution demanding the Centre to withdraw the newly enacted rural employment scheme, VB-G RAM G, and restore the UPA-era MGNREGA. The resolution…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Assembly passes resolution asking Centre to repeal VB-G RAM G
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday, February 4, passed a resolution urging the Centre to immediately repeal VB-G RAM G and reinstate MGNREGA amid a walkout by the opposition BJP and its…
- India
MGNREGA was transformative law, its substitute a flaw: Congress
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Modi government, the Congress on Monday, February 2, said MGNREGA was a transformative law while the new scheme brought by the Centre that “bulldozed it away”…
- India
CM Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar lead “Raj Bhavan chalo” protest against MGNREGA ‘repeal’
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, party MPs and MLAs on Tuesday, January 27, took out a “Raj Bhavan Chalo” protest march…
- Bangalore
Centre has made Governors puppets to trouble non-BJP states: Kharge
Hubballi (Karnataka): All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, January 24, accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of turning Governors into “puppets” to harass the Congress-ruled and other…
- Hyderabad
Congress launches three-day MGNREGA Bachao Sangram Yatra in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Congress Committee (DCC) on Saturday, January 24, launched the MGNREGA Bachao Sangram Yatra, a three-day protest march aimed at opposing the alleged dilution of the Mahatma Gandhi National…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu Assembly passes resolution backing MGNREGA
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday, January 23, adopted a resolution urging the Centre to continue with the MGNREGA to protect the livelihoods of the rural population in the state. The…
- India
MGNREGA repeal a conspiracy to erase Gandhi’s name from public memory: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday, January 22, alleged that the repeal of MGNREGA by the government was part of a “conspiracy to erase” Mahatma Gandhi’s name from public memory…
- India
Modi undermining MGNREGA, favouring corporates, says Rahul Gandhi
Raebareli: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, January 20, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of seeking to centralise power and weakening welfare safeguards for the poor, alleging…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to visit Raebareli on Monday
Raebareli: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will arrive in his parliamentary constituency of Raebareli on Monday for a two-day visit, a Congress official said. Congress MP from…
- India
Centre’s irresponsible handling of Manipur affected economy, security: Congress
Imphal: The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Centre has handled Manipur irresponsibly during the last five years, and it affected the state’s security and economy. This was stated by AICC…
- India
India’s Union Budget likely to stay steady, focus on tech, jobs: Economist
Washington: India’s upcoming Union Budget is expected to broadly stay the course, with the government maintaining its focus on fiscal consolidation, macroeconomic stability and stepped-up investment in high-technology sectors, according to Anit…
- India
BMC elections: Voter photo ID card, 12 other identity proofs valid for polling
Mumbai: Electors in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls will be required to present either a voter photo ID card or any one of the 12 alternative identity documents approved by…
- India
Congress slams ‘trouble-engine’ UP govt for lathi-charge on MGNREGA protestors
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday, January 11, alleged that the “Yogi-Modi trouble-engine” government in Uttar Pradesh ordered the police to “brutally lathi-charge” NSUI protesters taking out a peaceful march in Varanasi…
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Centre replaced MGNREGA to provide cheap labour to corporates: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday claimed that the NDA government at the Centre replaced the MGNREGA with VB G RAM G to ensure availability of cheap labour for…