Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar & Ajeevika Mission-Gramin “VB-GRAM-G” notified

Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar & Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), In short VB-GRAM-G notified

Government has notified Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), In short VB-GRAM-G

The VB-GRAM-G which replaces popular Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005. It is notable that the said Act was passed by the Indian Parliament without being sent to a parliamentary committee for detailed review, despite strong opposition. It received the assent of the President on the 20th December, 2025.

The Act purports to guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five (125) days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household (members of a family related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals or holding a common ration card) whose adult members (minimum eighteenth year of age) volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work; to promote empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat; and for matters connected therewith or incidental.

As per the Act, primarily it is the State Government who shall, in notified rural area in the State, make a scheme for providing a guarantee for one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household in the rural areas covered under the Scheme and whose adult members, by application, volunteer to do unskilled manual work

Wage Rate

Until a wage rate is notified by the Central Government the wage rates notified under section 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, shall continue to apply in the areas covered by this Act

Every person who has done the work given to him under the Scheme shall be entitled to receive wages at the notified wage rate for each day of work. The disbursement of daily wages shall be made on a weekly basis or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date on which such work was done.

However, it has been provided that to facilitate adequate availability of agricultural labour during peak agricultural seasons (60 days), no work shall be commenced or executed under this Act, during notified peak seasons.

Payment of unemployment allowance

It has been provided that if an applicant for employment under the Scheme is not provided such employment within fifteen days of receipt of his application seeking employment or from the date on which the employment has been sought in the case of an advance application, whichever is later, he shall be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance in accordance with the provision of this section.

Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Scheme

The Panchayats at the district, intermediate and village levels shall be the principal authorities for planning, implementation and monitoring of the Scheme made under this Act.

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