VB-G RAM G Act, 2025
Key Architecture
The Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 is structured around four pillars: (1) empowerment of rural households through enhanced employment security; (2) growth through creation of durable rural assets; (3) convergence of multiple rural development schemes at the village level; and (4) saturation coverage of eligible households and infrastructure needs. Every work must originate from the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan and aggregate into the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack — linking the employment scheme to the broader Viksit Bharat @2047 development vision.
- Employment guarantee: 125 days per rural household per year (up 25% from MGNREGA).
- Wage payment target: within 3 days of work completion; compensation for delayed payment.
- Centre-State cost-sharing: 60:40 (vs. MGNREGA's 90:10 for wages).
- Administrative expenditure ceiling: raised from 6% to 9% of programme cost, to strengthen block and Gram Panchayat-level implementation capacity.
- Works expanded to include: bridges, culverts, school and anganwadi buildings, SHG working sheds, Farmer Producer Organisation infrastructure — beyond MGNREGA's predominantly earthwork focus.
- Contractor prohibition: retained from MGNREGA — no contractors allowed to execute works.
- Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Cards: to replace MGNREGA job cards.
● Tracked since May 11, 2026 · last seen August 18, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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