India, Jan. 4 -- The ruling Congress in Karnataka is considering scrapping the Central Government's VB-G-RAM-G scheme that replaced MGNREGA and is contemplating on mooting the State's own rural employment guarantee scheme. In a cabinet meeting headed by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, his cabinet colleagues strongly condemned the G-RAM-G scheme which they dubbed as snatching the right to work from the people of this country and will also render a big blow to the federal structure of the nation.

State's Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil said that the entire cabinet was united in opposing the new law which is seeking to centralize all projects meant for State's rural employment guarantee schemes. "The name change i...