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Punjab Demands Job Security for Rural Development Workforce Following Scrap of MGNREGA

Punjab Demands Job Security for Rural Development Workforce Following Scrap of MGNREGA

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Saturday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan seeking the regularisation of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) employees under the newly introduced VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission) scheme and urging the Centre to formulate a uniform national policy guaranteeing their job security. Reaffirming that the Bhagwant Mann Government stands firmly with over 2,100 MGNREGA employees in Punjab, the Minister questioned the Centre’s decision to shift the financial burden of the new scheme onto states while leaving employees’…
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