Shillong, Dec. 23 -- Welcoming the central government's Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), Act, former Meghalaya Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek said that the new legislation will increase employment opportunities for rural people.
He said the government has increased the duration of employment under the VB-G RAM G scheme from 100 to 125 days, which will transform rural landscapes.
"VB-G RAM G will operate as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), with a fund sharing pattern of 90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan States/UT and 60:40 for all other States," Hek said.
The law provides for unemployment allowance if job is not provided within 15 days, at prescribed rates, t...