IMPLEMENTATION OF VB G RAM G

The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, provides to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work, not less than one hundred and twenty-five days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year.

It is stated that, against provision of 100 days of wage employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, under the New Act, number of guaranteed days of wage employment has been enhanced to 125 Days for every rural household willing to undertake unskilled manual labour work, including farmers. The Act also provides that if employment is not provided within the stipulated time, the worker is entitled to a mandatory unemployment allowance. Thus, both employment and livelihood security are protected as legal rights.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Kamlesh Paswan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.(UPDATED ON 10TH FEBRUARY 2026)