Punjab's Cabinet Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond has called the Centre's new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act a "black law" that undermines MGNREGA. He stated the Act shifts financial burdens to states, impacting below poverty line families and Scheduled Castes, while centralizing decision-making and removing unemployment allowances. Sond also criticized the Centre's delivery on work guarantees, noting states like Punjab will face significant additional financial burdens. The Punjab government plans to pass a resolution against the Act in a special assembly session.