Job Guarantee: Lost In BJP-Cong Alphabet Soup

Neeraj Kaushal
Dec 24, 2025 | 20:14 IST

The MGNREGA vs G RAM G debate is mostly about naming. What’s getting lost is that NDA’s scheme doesn’t address the key weaknesses of UPA’s scheme: proliferation of fake job cards and delayed payments



MGNREGA – India’s employment guarantee scheme – is no more. GOI scrapped it last week and replaced it with another tongue twister acronym: VB-G RAM G. MGNREGA had many problems and the new scheme has left them largely unaddressed.
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