GRAM Scheme Renamed: Bengal to Honor Mahatma Gandhi

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West Bengal⁣ Chief Minister⁣ Mamata Banerjee ⁢announced that her⁤ state government will rename its job guarantee scheme, “Karmashree,” after‍ Mahatma ⁢Gandhi.

This decision comes in response to the recent ⁢passing of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (G RAM G Bill)⁣ in the Lok Sabha, which seeks to ​replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Banerjee expressed her dismay that the ‍new bill removes Gandhi’s name from the national ​employment scheme.

She stated that her government will ‍provide more than 75 days of employment under the renamed scheme, emphasizing that West Bengal wants to⁢ show respect for Gandhi.

The opposition (Congress) has criticized the G⁢ RAM G ‍bill as an insult to Gandhi and ‍a weakening of the MGNREGA Act. Though, the BJP state president, Samik ‍Bhattacharya, claims the bill⁣ was actually intended to honour Gandhi’s beliefs.