Pariksha SaathiViksit Bharat-G RAM G, in force since 1 July 2026, guarantees 125 days of rural wage work; over 31.69 crore person-days by 24 September
A PIB backgrounder of 24 October 2026 sets out the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), whose Act of 2025 came into force on 1 July 2026 across all rural areas, taking over from Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. The Act gives a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work, and focuses on four themes: water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure and mitigation of extreme weather events. Works are planned through Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans (VGPPs), approved by the Gram Sabha, with 318 types of permissible works. As of 24 September 2026, it had 10.88 crore active workers, more than 31.69 crore person-days, 61.65 percent women's participation and 15.17 crore Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Cards, with wage rates of ₹300 to ₹450 a day; ₹93,841 crore has been allocated to States/UTs as the interim allocation for 2026-27.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
The President gave assent to the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 on 21 December 2025, after Parliament passed it. The Act replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 and raises the guarantee from the earlier 100 days to 125 days. It lets States notify a pause aggregating to sixty days a year during peak sowing and harvesting seasons, and its cost-sharing pattern is 60:40 between the Centre and States, 90:10 for North Eastern and Himalayan States, and 100% central funding for Union Territories without legislatures.
Check yourself: which Act did VB-G RAM G replace, and what is its Centre-State cost-sharing ratio for most States?
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005; 60:40.
Revision task: from this release, note the date the Act came into force, the guaranteed days, the four thematic areas, the number of permissible works and the progress figures as of 24 September 2026; from the note, the assent date, the Act it replaced, the pause period and the cost-sharing ratios.
Test yourself
How many days of wage employment per financial year does the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, which came into force on 1 July 2026, guarantee to rural households?
Show the answer
Answer: 125 days
The VB-G RAM G Act gives a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work.
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