New Delhi, Dec 19, 2025 (AFP) - India's parliament approves divisive rural jobs scheme

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2025-12-19

India's parliament pushed through an overhaul of a rural employment scheme on Friday despite an opposition walkout and a session that stretched well past midnight. The Developed India Employment Guarantee and Sustenance Mission bill will supercede a decades-old rural jobs scheme for millions of the country's poorest. It replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), a defining legacy of the previous left-leaning Con......

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