Agricultural workers demand MGNREGA re-implementation
The All India Agricultural Workers Union held a protest in Sivaganga demanding the cancellation of the VB-G RAM G scheme and the restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). They are calling for increased working days, higher daily wages, and the removal of mandatory eye-scan verifications.
Why it matters
The protest underscores rural labor dissatisfaction with changes to government employment guarantee programs and the administrative hurdles workers face.
The All India Agricultural Workers Union staged a demonstration in front of the Sivaganga District Collectorate, demanding the cancellation of the VB-G RAM G scheme and the re-implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
They sought to increase the number of working days under the employment guarantee scheme to 200, to provide a daily wage of ₹700, to immediately disburse the wages pending for three months, and not to harass workers by requiring eye scan verifications.
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