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Speaking in Ranchi, Jean Drèze said the scheme effectively repeals MGNREGA, removes the job guarantee and reduces it to a hollow framework.

Under the Act, rural households with adult members willing to perform unskilled manual labour are entitled to a minimum of 125 days of wage employment annually.

Going by the current proposal, Kerala would incur annual fiscal loss of about Rs 3,500 crore due to the new provisions, the CM pointed out in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

The LoP in Lok Sabha also criticised the manner in which the Bill was passed, alleging it was pushed through Parliament without adequate scrutiny.

Referring to the VB-G RAM G scheme, Stalin said work allocation would now be left to the discretion of officials, as per the wishes of the union government.