New Delhi, July 4 -- Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre said the state government is fully prepared to implement the Centre's newly launched Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-GRAM G) scheme, which came into effect on July 1, but expressed concern that its revised funding pattern would impose a significant financial burden on states compared to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Speaking to ANI, Khandre said that while the Centre earlier bore 90 per cent of the wage costs under MGNREGA, the revised funding pattern under VB-GRAM G would increase the financial responsibility of state governments.

"Under MGNREGA, the central government bore 90% of the wage costs, wh...