After facing severe criticism, Centre issues statement to justify G-RAM-G, that replaces MGNREGA
As the Centre defends the new Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) as a digitized, "convergent" upgrade with increased work days, global backlash intensifies. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and MGNREGA architect Jean Dreze argue that shifting the financial burden to states and removing the "demand-driven" legal guarantee effectively sabotages India's rural