NOB- Rangareddy news: The name of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) has changed. The center took a decision on 12.12.2025 to change the name to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana. It also increased the number of working days from 100 to 125. The minimum wage per day has been revised to Rs. 240. The central government launched the ‘NREGA’ scheme in 2006 with the objectives of improving the living standards of the rural poor by providing employment for 100 days in a year, creating sustainable assets in rural areas, resource productivity and development. Later, it was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. MGNREGA). Now, the central cabinet has approved the name change once again.