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Work Will Be ‘Revdi’ Handed Over By Modi Govt, No Longer...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo New Delhi, Jan 19: Opposing the new VB-G RAM G Act that has replaced the MGNREGA, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have claimed that work for the country’s rural population will now become a “revdi”, to be handed over to them as the government decides, and will no longer be a right. Writing this in a letter to the rural folk, the Congress leaders have alleged that their right to work is being “stolen” even as states are being burdened financially through the new Act. The letter written by Kharge and Gandhi is part of the Congress’s countrywide “MGNREGA Bachao Sangram” demanding the restoration of the earlier law.

Work Will Be ‘Revdi’ Handed Over By Modi Govt, No Longer...

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Key Highlights

  • The campaign was launched on January 10 and will continue till February 25.
  • The Congress has asked all its state unit chiefs to disseminate the letter among the rural folk after getting it translated into all local languages.
  • The letter said 20 years ago, the Congress government led by then prime minister Manmohan Singh brought life to the constitutional right to work by enacting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
  • Since then, the MGNREGA has generated more than 180 crore days of work, created almost 10 crore assets like village tanks and roads, and strengthened the panchayati raj system by empowering gram panchayats to decide on village-level projects, it said.
  • “During crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the lifeline of the rural Indian economy.
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