Parliament clears 'G Ram G' Bill: RS passes law hours after LS approval; oppn protests

Parliament connected Friday cleared the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) oregon VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha passing the authorities hours aft its support successful the Lok Sabha, amid beardown absorption protests and repeated demands for scrutiny by a parliamentary committee.

Earlier, the little location passed the Bill connected Thursday.Replying to the statement successful the Lok Sabha, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the caller instrumentality substantially improves upon MGNREGA, which helium described arsenic having been “riddled with corruption and inefficiency”. He said the revamped strategy seeks to determination beyond wage payments to absorption connected instauration of durable agrarian assets, portion besides making implementation much transparent.Opposition members, led by Congress MPs, protested against the bill, alleging that the authorities had removed Mahatma Gandhi’s sanction from the agrarian employment warrant framework.Also Read: MGNREGA to beryllium replaced with VB–G Ram G: What it is and however it’s antithetic — cardinal FAQs answered As demands to notation the measure to a committee were rejected, absorption MPs entered the good of the House, tore copies of the measure and continued demonstrations until its passage.Rejecting the criticism, Chouhan said Mahatma Gandhi’s sanction was not portion of the archetypal 2005 authorities and was added lone successful 2009.

Turning the complaint backmost connected the Congress, helium said galore schemes, institutions and awards had been named aft members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, citing figures to underline his point.The curate said the authorities has allocated implicit Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the scheme, with the Centre’s stock exceeding Rs 95,000 crore. Addressing concerns implicit states bearing 40% of the expenditure, helium said some the Centre and states stock work for development.Chouhan accused the absorption of turning parliamentary statement into “bheedtantra and goondatantra” and criticised the behaviour of Congress leaders during the discussion. Speaker Om Birla said 99 MPs participated successful the eight-hour statement earlier the measure was passed.