VB-G RAM G Act, 2025
Key Structural Changes
The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 received Presidential assent and comes into force from July 1, 2026, formally repealing and replacing MGNREGA. While the government's position is that the Act preserves the statutory and justiciable right to employment and unemployment allowance, critics point to the shift from 100% central wage funding to a cost-sharing model requiring state contribution, and to the framing of state-wise allocations as annually determined by the Union government based on prescribed normative parameters — a change from MGNREGA's open-ended, demand-driven design where funding followed actual work demanded rather than a pre-fixed quota.
- Effective date: July 1, 2026
- Entitlement raised: 100 days (MGNREGA) → 125 days (VB-G RAM G), with a built-in 60-day pause during peak sowing/harvesting seasons
- Funding pattern shift: MGNREGA was 100% Centre-funded on wages; VB-G RAM G introduces a state funding share
- State-wise allocations under VB-G RAM G are determined annually by the Union government using rules-based normative parameters, replacing MGNREGA's uncapped, demand-driven fund flow
● Tracked since February 01, 2026 · last seen September 15, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes