Not MGNREGA anymore | Scheme to be renamed Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana

New Delhi, 12/12: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.

The government will bring the Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Bill for MGNREGA, which will guarantee 125 days of work to the rural poor in a year. There is also a proposal to revise the minimum wage to Rs 240 per day.