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The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 came into force from 1 July 2026, replacing MGNREGA's 100-day guarantee with a statutory 125-day guaranteed wage-employment framework, alongside unemployment allowance and wage-delay compensation rights.
For FY2026-27, the Centre has provided ₹95,692.31 crore — the largest-ever Budget Estimate allocation for rural employment — with total programme outlay (including state share) expected to exceed ₹1.51 lakh crore.
All States/UTs have notified the scheme; ₹25,844.97 crore has been issued as first-instalment mother sanctions, with no dues pending to any State/UT as of the release date.
Statutory guaranteed rural wage employment, durable asset creation and rural infrastructure
Key: 125-day guarantee (up from MGNREGA's 100 days); Whole-of-Government convergence approach; time-bound multi-tier grievance redressal at Block/District level
Guaranteed 100 days of rural wage employment
Key: Enacted 2005, came into force February 2006; now superseded by VB-G RAM G's 125-day guarantee from 1 July 2026
Statutory framework guaranteeing 125 days of rural wage employment, unemployment allowance, wage-delay compensation, and a multi-tier grievance-redressal mechanism
Predecessor law guaranteeing 100 days of rural employment; superseded by VB-G RAM G from 1 July 2026
Wage payments under VB-G RAM G route through DBT-SPARSH for transparent, direct bank transfers — part of the broader DBT-linked digital-payments infrastructure used across welfare schemes.
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Rural Employment Guarantee Legislation
Consider the following in respect of 'National Career Service': 1. National Career Service is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. 2. National Career Service has been launched in a Mission Mode to improve the employment opportunities to uneducated youth of the country. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
New Act (in force 1 July 2026); high-frequency exam topic as replacement for MGNREGA
Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act — the statutory successor to MGNREGA, guaranteeing 125 days of rural wage employment per household per year, in force from 1 July 2026.