The government has published Draft Rules under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, for wider public consultation. The Rural Development Ministry said that any person, stakeholder, organisation or institution may submit objections or suggestions on the draft Rules for consideration by the 21st of next month.
The Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act replaces the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005. The new Act aims to enhance the statutory employment guarantee from 100 days to 125 days in a financial year.
According to the Ministry, the draft Rules have been framed in accordance with section 33 and other relevant provisions of the Act. The Ministry said that the draft Rules, including Transitional Provisions Rules, National Level Steering Committee Rules, Central Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Council Rules, Administrative Expenses Rules, Grievance Redressal Rules, have been placed in the public domain for consultation. The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 has been notified on the 11th of this month for commencement across all the States and Union Territories with effect from 1st July, this year.
The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 (Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission) replaces MGNREGA, scaling the rural employment guarantee to 125 days per household. The government has published the draft rules for the act, setting up its nationwide rollout.The new framework introduces several structural shifts to modernize rural livelihoods, including Guaranteed Work, Increases the statutory entitlement to 125 days of unskilled manual work per rural household per financial year, with provisions for a 60-day agricultural no-work window to protect farming operations.
Change is also seen in normative Funding, transitions from a demand-based financial model to a predictable state-wise normative allocation. Funding is shared on a 60:40 basis between the Centre and States (90:10 for Himalayan/North-East states). The new legislation also mandates biometric authentication, real-time dashboards, and AI-assisted audits for fraud mitigation and planning.
More importantly, it would seen a decentralized Planning pattern which integrates employment generation with durable infrastructure and livelihood creation via Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans, with local bodies executing at least 50% of the works by cost.The draft rules outline a seamless transition from MGNREGA, validating verified e-KYC job cards and ensuring ongoing works and old liabilities are seamlessly transferred to the modernized system.
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