CPI leaders present a memorandum to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday regarding the implementation of the VB – G RAM G Act.
A Communist Party of India delegation led by its national secretariat member K. Ramakrishna on Monday sought Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s intervention in the implementation of the Viksit Bharat – Rozgar and Ajeevika (Gramin) Mission Guarantee Act, 2025, formerly known as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
CPI leaders expressed concern that reducing the central government’s share of funding from 90% to 60% would put a heavy financial burden on the states, which would now have to bear 40% of the expenditure against the earlier 10%. They also claimed that contrary to the Centre’s claim of increasing guaranteed working days from 100 to 125, not even an average of 50 days of employment has been provided so far, making it difficult to access wage employment in rural areas under the new law.
The delegation asked Mr. Naidu to take up the issue with the central government and seek suitable changes in the law for the benefit of rural wage seekers. They also opposed the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the nomenclature of the legislation. CPI leaders G. Eswaraiah and Muppalla Nageswara Rao were present.
Published – 22 Dec 2025 20:17 IST
