VB-G RAM G Act a symbol of transparency and accountability, claims BJP state president

BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao on Sunday said the VB-G RAM G Act symbolises transparency and accountability in rural employment schemes, as it seeks to address long-standing flaws that plagued earlier programmes in the country.

Speaking at a VB-G RAM G workshop organised by the BJP Kisan Morcha at the party’s State office here, he said the Centre had introduced the Act by integrating modern technology to plug loopholes and ensure transparency. He said the country was poised to become the third largest economy in the near future, and in this context, he argued that reforms in traditional welfare models were inevitable to align with changing economic realities, making the VB-G RAM G Act a necessity rather than an option.

The BJP leader questioned the Congress party’s “sudden attachment” to Mahatma Gandhi’s name and asked why the earlier schemes were never named after Mahatma Gandhi by the Congress.

He said the VB-G RAM G Act adopts a 60:40 fund-sharing pattern between the Centre and the States, which would enforce greater responsibility, financial discipline and accountability on the States.

The workshop was attended by BJP national secretary Om Prakash Dhankar, BJP state general secretary N. Gautam Rao and State Kisan Morcha president Baswapuram Laxminarsaiah among others.