India, Jan. 28 -- The Union government on Tuesday rejected the Opposition's demand to debate the ongoing Special Intensive Review (SIR) and the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, in the budget session of Parliament, setting the stage for another confrontation.

In an all-party meeting on Tuesday to set the broad agenda, the Congress, Left and some other Opposition parties sought a debate on the adverse impact of SIR and announced that they will continue to demand that the VB G Ram G Act, passed in the winter session, be replaced by the now-defunct Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju virtually rejected both the demands...