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NREGA Sangharsh Morcha condemns the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) | Dec 19 2025NREGA Sangharsh Morcha
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The Right to Work Repealed
The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha condemns the proposed Viksit Bharat - Guarantee For Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM G) that seeks to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA). Introduced without any consultation with workers and workers-groups, the bill represents a fundamental shift from a rights-based law that provides an enforceable entitlement into a budget-constrained scheme without any accountability of the Union Government.
? Excessive Discretionary Power for the Centre: MGNREGA establishes a statutory right to work that is demand-driven and universal i.e. any person willing to do unskilled manual work in any rural area must be provided work. But under the VB-G RAM G Bill, Section 5(1) states