Karnataka Cabinet denounces Central govt for replacing MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G

BENGALURU: (Jan 3) The Karnataka cabinet has denounced the BJP-led Union government for the passage of the VB-G RAM G Act that replaced the UPA-era rural employment law MGNREGA, with state minister H K Patil terming it a betrayal of the federal spirit.

The VB-G RAM G Bill was passed in Parliament during the recently concluded winter session amid vociferous protests by the opposition. The new act has a provision for 125 days of wage employment for rural workers.

Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Friday said, "We discussed the MGNREGA scheme. The cabinet expressed shock and condemned the Central government's act of repealing the MGNREGA."