- December 15, 2025 11:02Rajya Sabha resumes at 11 a.m, papers laid on the table of the House
Deputy Chair Harivansh is presiding.
- December 15, 2025 10:46Government likely to rename MGNREGS to ‘Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana’
The government is likely to introduce a Bill in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament amending the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), changing the name of the flagship rural employment scheme to “Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana”.
According to senior government functionaries, the amended Bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on Friday (December 12, 2025). There was no official announcement on the proposal at the Cabinet briefing addressed by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The original Bill passed by Parliament on August 25, 2005 was called “National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”. The suffix “Mahatma Gandhi” was added in 2009.
Published - December 15, 2025 10:45 am IST
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- December 15, 2025 11:02Rajya Sabha resumes at 11 a.m, papers laid on the table of the House
Deputy Chair Harivansh is presiding.
- December 15, 2025 10:46Government likely to rename MGNREGS to ‘Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana’
The government is likely to introduce a Bill in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament amending the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), changing the name of the flagship rural employment scheme to “Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana”.
According to senior government functionaries, the amended Bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on Friday (December 12, 2025). There was no official announcement on the proposal at the Cabinet briefing addressed by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The original Bill passed by Parliament on August 25, 2005 was called “National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”. The suffix “Mahatma Gandhi” was added in 2009.
Published - December 15, 2025 10:45 am IST
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