VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025: Will it replace MGNREGA? Key Highlights of the Bill

The government introduced the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha to establish a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in each financial year to every rural household and adult member who volunteers to undertake unskilled manual work.

Key Highlights of the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025:

• The bill guarantees 125 days of wage employment to rural households and focuses on empowerment, growth, and convergence saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat. 

• ‘Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans’ are to be prepared by the Gram Panchayats on a saturation basis with convergence of schemes, using PM Gati Shakti.

• The integrated 'Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack' is envisioned for rural public works.

• Special focus on water security works, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and special works to mitigate extreme weather events.

• Provisions to facilitate availability of farm labour during peak agricultural seasons.

• Robust transparency and accountability mechanisms, such as weekly public disclosure systems and strengthened social audits.

• A comprehensive governance ecosystem built on digital public infrastructure for efficient and high-integrity implementation.

What is the MGNREGA Act, 2005?

The Government of India passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, in September, 2005. The objective of the Act is to enhance the livelihood security of the people in the rural areas by generating wage employment through works that develop the infrastructure base of that area.  The mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work

The VB-G RAM G bill shall expand the scale of development interventions, which are expected to create additional employment opportunities for rural households and engage the rural workforce more effectively to support the vision of Viksit Bharat, while empowering them through enhanced livelihood guarantees, and enhance the wage-employment guarantee for rural households from 100 days to 125 days per financial year for anchoring rural asset creation through the enactment of an appropriate act.

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