PM has no right to take credit for Chandrayaan-3; govt has cut budget allocation for science: Cong
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress has censured Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit for the success of Chandrayaan-3, stating that the PM has supported neither scientists nor research but has reduced the government support for space science in the budget this year.
Posting its message on its X account, formerly known as Twitter, the Karnataka Congress on Friday, "The Central government, which is claiming credit for the success of the efforts of the scientists, has imposed a cut of 8 per cent in the expenditure for space science in its budget. It had also cut 38 per cent in the funds for the Chandrayaan-3," adding that the PM, therefore, had no moral right to lay claim to the credit for the success of the lunar project.
The Congress also mocked the government, saying, "This is an excellent example for the lack of faith of the BJP in scientific temper and its negligence towards science and research."
ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದ ಫಲವಾಗಿರುವ ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನದ ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನ ಕ್ರೆಡಿಟ್ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಮುಂದಾಗುವ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಬಾಹ್ಯಾಕಾಶ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗೆ ಬಜೆಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 8% ರಷ್ಟು ಅನುದಾನವನ್ನು ಕಡಿತಗೋಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) August 24, 2023
ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನ 3 ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ 38% ನಷ್ಟು ಕಡಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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Why remove Mahatma Gandhi's name, asks Priyanka on move to replace MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.
A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.
Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"
"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.
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"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.
The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.
However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.
