New Delhi, March 19 -- Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of systematically undermining of the rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA, and demanded raising of minimum wage under it to Rs 400 per day and the number of guaranteed workdays to 150 a year.
Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention in the Rajya Sabha, Sonia Gandhi said the UPA government under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh enacted the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in 2005. "This landmark legislation has been a crucial safety net for millions of rural poor. However,it is deeply concerning that the present BJP government has systematically undermined the scheme," Sonia Gandhi said. The budget allocation...