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WE NEED 365 DAYS JOB!
Uncategorized December 19, 2025THE Central government recently introduced a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ?Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin – VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025.
In fact, this bill should have been increased the daily wage to Rs1,000 per day with 365 days work. What people want is daily work and daily money. The common man will not see difference between legislations of the MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G which may be fundamentally different in scope and objective.
The bill replaces MGNREGA’s basic entitlement to ask for work. In fact, there is no element of the right to work. Even though the object and reasons of the bill are stated as “a bill to established a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days’ (?) wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.”
But125 days’ work is not sufficient to become Vikasit Bharat. This vision should be the prudent. No matter if MGNREGA becomes VG-G RAM G, or G GOD G – we need 365 days job or work to meet daily needs.
— Rajesh Banaulikar, Arpora, Goa
JUSTICE MAHESH SONAK FOR JHARKHAND
A very proud moment for Goa and Goan that our very own honorable Justice Mahesh Sonak has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. He is only the second Goan to attain the distinction of being appointed as Chief Justice of a High Court. The first being Justice Ferdino Rebello who retired in 2011 as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Incidentally, Mahesh Sonak started practicing in 1988, at the age of 23, under then Goa’s topmost lawyer Ferdino Rebello.
On June 21, 2013 Mahesh Sonakw was sworn in as judge of the Bombay high court and has endeavored to ensure that the wheels of justice move in accordance with law while doing his bit, taking the judiciary to enhanced heights. Anyone who has interacted with Mahesh Sonak will confidently vouch that he has all it takes to be a good judge.
Besides having a sound knowledge of law, he is gifted with consistent good disposition, which is vital for a judge to conduct court proceedings. Even as an advocate Mahesh Sonak was outstanding and a true role model for the legal fraternity. Let us wish, the ever so humble, down-to-earth and the upright Justice Mahesh Sonak all the very best in discharging this important role as chief justice of a high court.
Our Goa is gifted with outstanding legal eagles and the best of legal brains but sadly, a Goan has never been elevated to the Supreme Court of India. May that wish, hope and desire of every Goan be a reality soon. Now Justice Mahesh Sonak is our best bet to make Goa and Goans proud.
— Aires Rodrigues, London/Lisbon/Goa














