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the city has no safety net and it was always going to end this way
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AI-generatedThe article discusses India's labor policy shift from MGNREGA to Viksit Bharat Act, but provides no concrete commercial mechanism, price signal, supply chain disruption, or company-level impact. It is a social policy analysis without direct or indirect commercial implications for any sector, product, or firm. No commodity, margin, or investment channel is identified.
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- India: over 90% of workers in informal employment, ~80% urban lack legal work guarantees.
- MGNREGA (2005) provided 100 days wage employment per rural household.
- Replaced by Viksit Bharat Act from July 1, 2026: 125 days guarantee but weaker financial support.
- Urban workers excluded from employment guarantees; no legal right to urban employment.
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