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Priyanka Gandhi Highlights VB-G RAM G Workers' Connectivity Issues in Wayanad
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News18•23-09-2026, 19:45
Priyanka Gandhi Highlights VB-G RAM G Workers' Connectivity Issues in Wayanad
- •Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed the difficulties faced by VB-G RAM G workers in Wayanad in uploading work details due to poor mobile connectivity.
- •Vadra noted that the hilly and forest terrain of Wayanad, her Lok Sabha constituency, lacks proper mobile signals, making it hard for workers to use the portal.
- •Workers under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) are required to upload work details and photographs twice daily.
- •Priyanka Gandhi stated she has already written to the concerned ministry and plans to discuss the issue with portal managers upon her return to Delhi.
- •She emphasized the need to alter the portal system to accommodate workers in remote areas, especially those without smartphones or reliable internet access.
Key Questions Answered
Workers in Wayanad are experiencing issues uploading their work details and photographs twice a day because the hilly and forest terrain lacks proper mobile connectivity, portals frequently malfunction, and many workers do not own smartphones.
While the entire cost of the earlier Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was borne by the Centre, the VB-G RAM G scheme requires state governments to bear 40 per cent of the expenditure.
Earlier this year, the Keralam Assembly passed a resolution demanding that the Centre withdraw the latest rural employment scheme, VB-G RAM G, and restore the previous MGNREGA framework.
