Agartala, Feb. 11 -- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said that the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act was introduced with a "focus on rural development" and to "minimise corruption."

The new legislation extends the 100-day employment guarantee to 125 days.

According to the Chief Minister's Office release, Saha addressed the State Level Program to Commemorate the Launch of VB-GRAMG at Swami Vivekananda Maidan and inaugurated different projects of the Rural Development Department in the presence of Union Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today.

The Chief Minister said that, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Shiv...