Shivamogga DISHA committee adopts resolution in support of VB - G RAM G

This move by the DISHA gains significance in the wake of the opposition of the government of Karnataka to replacing the MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G.

Shivamogga

The District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) in Shivamogga, in Karnataka, adopted a resolution to implement the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (VB-G RAM G) as it is. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra in Shivamogga on January 27.

This move by the DISHA gains significance in the wake of the opposition of the government of Karnataka to replacing the MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G.

Interestingly, the decision of the Shivamogga district DISHA was taken on the day when the Congress party staged a protest in Bengaluru against the repeal of MGNREGA Act.

Mr. Raghavendra, making the preliminary remarks, stated that the Union Government had taken a decision of bringing in VB – G RAM G Act to replace MGNREGA. The new Act would increase guaranteed employment to 125 days, revise the wage, and also widen the scope of the scheme.

Suvarna S.D., a nominated member of the DISHA committee, claimed that there was scope for corruption in the MGNREGA and the funds were misused. She claimed to have studied the scheme when she worked as president of a gram panchayat in Sagar taluk. She would welcome the new Act and also support the resolution to implement the scheme as per the new Act.