New Delhi, May 21 -- The Centre is all set to roll out from July 1 the new rural employment guarantee scheme, VB-G RAM G, which replaces the MGNREGA, with the Union Rural Development Ministry on Wednesday telling a parliamentary panel that as many as 25 states have already allocated their share of funds for the programme.
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka, saw a detailed briefing on the steps taken for the nationwide implementation of the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act, 2025, from July 1, sources privy to the deliberations said.
Secretary in the Rural Development Ministry Rohit Kansal is learn...