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Government Rebrands Manual Labor Scheme After Discovering Machines Stole the Jobs

29 January 2026 - New Delhi

Record date
29 Jan 2026
Location
New Delhi
The odd part

In a bold move to fix a scheme where machines were doing all the manual labor, the government has decided that changing the name to 'Viksit Bharat-GRAM' is the only logical way to make sure humans start sweating again.

What happened

The Ministry of Rural Development is replacing the MGNREGS with the new 'Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission' (VB G-RAM) Act. The move comes after an Economic Survey revealed the shocking 'failure' that people were using machines to do the labor-intensive work. Instead of just banning the JCBs, the government is launching a statutory overhaul to ensure that 'tangible infrastructure' is built, presumably by hand-delivering bricks one by one until the 2047 vision is achieved.

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