MGNREGA is not merely a scheme, it is a constitutional commitment to dignity, decentralisation, and federal responsibility. But this VB–G RAM G Bill weakens all three, fiscally, institutionally, and morally. At its core, this Bill cuts the idea of a guaranteed 100 days of work. By introducing state-wise "normative allocations," it places a financial ceiling on a legal right. When funds run out, work stops. A right that depends on budget availability is no longer a right, it is a concession. The Centre further abandons its responsibility by shifting from full wage funding to a 60:40 cost-sharing model, forcing States to either stretch their finances or deny work. This undermines cooperative federalism and allows the Centre to claim credit while States absorb the political and fiscal blame. But the deepest impact will be felt on the ground by rural people across the country. For millions in rural India, MGNREGA was the only locally available, legally guaranteed, and predictable source of paid work. It enabled families to survive lean seasons, reduced distress migration, and provided a basic income floor. By capping work, suspending employment for 60 days during agricultural seasons, and making access conditional, this Bill pushes rural people back into uncertainty, debt, migration, and dependence. When work is suspended by law, it is rural households that lose their safety net. When funds dry up, it is rural workers who are turned away. When biometric systems fail, it is rural people, including women, elderly workers, single women, migrant wives, persons with disabilities, and digitally excluded households, who are excluded without appeal. Administrative discretion replaces legal entitlement, and survival becomes negotiable. The sidelining of Gram Sabhas and Panchayats further erodes the voice of rural people. MGNREGA strengthened local democracy by allowing communities to plan and prioritise works. The new framework replaces this with central dashboards, GIS layers, and AI audits, turning citizens into data points, and constitutional institutions into mere implementing units. The renaming of the Act is not cosmetic. Gandhi’s name had to be removed and replaced with "RAM." This is ideological rewriting, not policy reform. The intent is to erase a rights-based, dignity-centred framework and replace it with a controlled, conditional labour model aligned with a different political narrative. MGNREGA recognised rural people as rights-holders. G RAM G treats them as costs to be managed. This Bill does not modernise rural employment. It shrinks guarantees, weakens States, centralises power, and abandons rural India, economically, institutionally, and constitutionally. #MGNREGA #NREGAUnderAttack #ParliamentWinterSession2025 #Parliament