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.