The minister also demanded that the Centre ensure 365 days of guaranteed employment under the scheme, instead of restricting work to only the harvest season.
Under the new framework, gram panchayats will now use integrated digital platforms to map existing public assets, identify infrastructure gaps, and design development works based on real-time geospati ...
As TN has not made any official announcement regarding its stance, crucial questions have arisen over whether rural labourers in the state will receive employment under this new framework, PMK leader ...
The Congress has alleged that the only guarantee that the law offers is that of "extreme centralisation" and "weakening of the bargaining power of rural labour".
The move triggered sharp reactions from the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), both of which questioned the circumstances behind the government's change in stance.
An official spokesman said the scheme guarantees 125 days of wage employment annually to every eligible rural household willing to undertake unskilled manual work.
