Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday strongly opposed the Centre's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme as 'VB-G RAM G' and introduce a new funding and implementation framework, alleging that the changes would impose a substantial financial burden on the state and adversely affect rural workers.
Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Anirudh Singh, said the Union Government had introduced the changes without consulting states and had shifted a significant portion of the financial responsibility to them.
