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Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Sunday criticised the Congress government here for allegedly misleading people about the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, saying it is the responsibility of the state administration to provide correct information to the public, but instead it is spreading confusion over the Act.
Speaking to ANI, Rao said VB-G RAM G Act is a people-friendly and pro-poor legislation aimed at benefiting rural and economically weaker sections. He added that the scope of work under the rural employment programme has been expanded to include not only roads but also the construction of buildings, compound walls, check dams, retaining walls and other infrastructure projects, which would strengthen rural development and generate more employment opportunities. Referring to past irregularities in MGNREGA, Ramchander Rao said, "Several scams had taken place earlier, but the VB-G RAM G Act is a foolproof system ensuring direct transfer of benefits to beneficiaries' bank accounts." He alleged that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is "misleading" the people of Telangana by giving incorrect information about the Act. Rao said that the BJP organised a workshop on Sunday to educate party leaders and workers about the benefits of the VB-G RAM G Act. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 represents a comprehensive statutory overhaul of MGNREGA, aligning rural employment with the long-term vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, while strengthening accountability, infrastructure outcomes and income security. The Act guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household in each financial year to such rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, contributing to income security beyond the earlier 100-day entitlement, with an aggregated 60-day no-work period to ensure the availability of agricultural labour during peak sowing and harvesting season. (ANI)
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