On December 15, with no prior consultation, the central government scheduled the introduction of a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) — VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025. In fact, this Bill should have been two different pieces of legislation, because the MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G are fundamentally different in scope and objective.
