Hyderabad, Jan. 3 -- The Telangana Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), expressing concern over the proposed changes under the newly introduced Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Rural) Act, VB G RAM G-2025.

On Friday, the resolution recalled that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was launched in 2005 by the UPA government led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide employment to the rural poor and ensure financial security for impoverished families.

The scheme came into effect on February 2, 2006, to reduce poverty, unemployment, and migration, curb the exploitation of unskilled labourers, narrow ...