India, Jan. 21 -- The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw the recently passed VB-G RAM G act and restore the UPA-era rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, thereby easing the State's financial burden.

The discontinuation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has not only hindered development in rural areas but also increased the financial strain on the State Government, it said.

"Due to the Viksit Bharata€" Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) VB-G RAM G, the financial burden on Tamil Nadu will further increase by approximately Rs 5,000 crore per annum," Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu said while reading out the Governor's address to the Assembly.

The gover...