Karnataka Budget 2026-27 | Siddaramaiah vows to take all measures to safeguard MGNREGA

Bengaluru, 6/3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the State would take all measures, including legal recourse, to safeguard the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005.

Presenting his 17th Budget at Vidhana Soudha, Siddaramaiah criticised the Union government for replacing MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G Act and termed the move a betrayal of the rural poor.