https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69629 MGNREGA was a rights-based, demand-driven rural employment guarantee that provided extensive work-days, created community assets, empowered gram panchayats, used direct benefit transfers and social audits, and required limited state cost-sharing. The 2025 Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act replaces that model with a more centralised, budget-driven scheme that notifies work in selected districts, suspends provision for two months annually, shifts up to 40% of costs to states, sidelines panchayats, and alters funding and implementation structures, which critics say dilutes the statutory entitlement to work. en-us Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:01:04 +0530 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:01:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69629 MGNREGA was a rights-based, demand-driven rural employment guarantee that provided extensive work-days, created community assets, empowered gram panchayats, used direct benefit transfers and social audits, and required limited state cost-sharing. The 2025 Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act replaces that model with a more centralised, budget-driven scheme that notifies work in selected districts, suspends provision for two months annually, shifts up to 40% of costs to states, sidelines panchayats, and alters funding and implementation structures, which critics say dilutes the statutory entitlement to work. News - Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:01:04 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69629