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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Coverage of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the Nexus archive.
- No guarantee of right to work?
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005, a key social welfare law ensuring dignified livelihoods, is to be replaced by VB-G RAM G, 2025. Workers argue the new Act removes the guaranteed 'Right to Work' central to the original scheme, as reported by Rishita Khanna.