Ministers asked to take G Ram G to rural India

NDA functionaries, including ministers, would soon hit the ground to explain and create more awareness about benefits of the new rural employment guarantee scheme VB G-RAM-G, which has replaced the UPA-era MNREGA, to negate the opposition’s narrative.

This was discussed at Friday’s Cabinet meeting, which PM Modi chaired soon after his foreign trip, sources said.TOI has learnt rural development and agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan briefed the key provisions of the new scheme to all ministers while urging them to take the message to people. Sources said the PM was also of the similar view for creating more awareness about the new law. Opposition parties may soon carry out protests against the new scheme, particularly for dropping the name of Mahatma Gandhi and increasing burden on the state govts.