MGNREGA

Congress Govt tables MGNREGA resolution in Karnataka Assembly, BJP stages all-night protest seeking resignation of minister Thimmapur

February 04, 2026 1:54 pm

The BJP disrupted the discussion on a resolution tabled by the Congress government seeking the reinstatement of MGNREGA and the repeal of the VB-G RAM G Act.

MGNREGA achieved significant gains, VB-G RAM G represents decisive shift in rural job policy

January 30, 2026 5:10 am

The Survey, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha, also highlighted the need for revival of “village commons”, including grazing fields and water bodies.

Karnataka govt ad on MGNREGA repeal triggers ruckus in Assembly; Opposition MLAs walk out

January 29, 2026 7:30 pm

A front-page ad said VB GRAM G is a death knell to the rural employment guarantee scheme and carried a comic strip featuring a dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and a citizen called ‘Sanghappa’.

At MGNREGA protest, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says all gram panchayats will be named after Gandhi

January 27, 2026 6:53 pm

Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar, and Randeep Singh Surjewala met Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and submitted a memorandum demanding the restoration of the MGNREGA.

MGNREGA repeal: Congress to hold Raj Bhavan Chalo rally in Bengaluru tomorrow

January 26, 2026 7:55 pm

BJP and JD(S) to counter Congress by demonstrating in front of the Gandhi statue in the Vidhana Soudha complex.

Farmers showed the way, workers must unite to bring back MGNREGA: Rahul Gandhi

January 23, 2026 5:55 am

Kharge says repeal of scheme part of ‘conspiracy to erase’ Mahatma Gandhi’s name

Karnataka Govt wanted to make Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot lie in his address: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

January 22, 2026 8:55 pm

The first day of Karnataka legislature’s joint session witnessed a showdown between Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and the Government: he read only two lines of his customary address and walked off.

'Attempt to remove Mahatma Gandhi's name from public memory': Mallikarjun Kharge vows to fight against renaming of MGNREGA scheme

January 22, 2026 1:52 pm

Meanwhile, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi claimed that the Modi government's objectives are the same in repealing MGNREGA as they were in bringing the “three black farm laws”.

Congress' fight for MGNREGA constitutional, RSS & BJP erasing Gandhi's ideology: Rahul Gandhi

January 21, 2026 5:42 am

The Congress leader accuses PM Modi of seeking to centralise power and weakening welfare safeguards for the poor

MGNREGA gave women freedom. New law may not

January 16, 2026 7:05 am

Without guaranteed work for 60 days during peak agricultural seasons, a vast majority of rural women will be compelled to take up informal work that provides no assurance of availability, proximity, or wage parity.

Rahul Gandhi says government trying to repeat farm laws mistake with MGNREGA repeal

January 22, 2026 5:25 pm

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi attended the National MGNREGA Workers’ Convention organised by Rachnatmak Congress in New Delhi

MGNREGA Workers Deprived Of Dues, Protest

June 05, 2016 8:52 pm