The VB-G RAM G bill is in the country's interest, and its implementation will hurt only those who indulged in corruption and stole the wages of beneficiaries under the erstwhile Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.
The new legislation benefits farmers and the youth by increasing employment, he told reporters here on Friday (December 19, 2025).
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Responding to the Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Narendra Modi government over the passage of the bill, Mr. Scindia took a dig at Mr. Gandhi's foreign trips, saying, "If he is the leader of the Opposition, he should at least be in the House."
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