Climate Resilience and Rural Employment
A Policy Convergence
A distinctive shift in VB-G RAM G is its explicit alignment with climate adaptation. The Act's four priority work domains include water security and extreme weather event mitigation alongside rural infrastructure and livelihood infrastructure. Works must be drawn from plans integrated with PM Gati Shakti. The Act also requires states to announce a seasonal pause of up to 60 days during peak agricultural sowing and harvesting — recognising the complementarity between wage employment and farm labour markets.
- India is ranked among the world's most vulnerable nations to climate change impacts, particularly in agriculture (IPCC AR6 Report, 2022).
- MGNREGA's watershed development and water conservation works (check dams, farm ponds, recharge shafts) have improved groundwater levels in drought-prone districts — a documented co-benefit of employment programmes.
- The International Labour Organization (ILO) has advocated "green jobs" frameworks that combine employment guarantees with ecological restoration.
- VB-G RAM G's alignment with Viksit Bharat @2047 positions it as a long-term development tool, not merely a safety net.
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