Erratic rainfall, prolonged heat, groundwater depletion, and volatile farm incomes are becoming structural features of rural ...

SBI Research has said that the Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-RAM G Bill marks a ...

Unlike MGNREGA’s Centre-heavy financing, the proposed VB-G RAM–G framework introduces a 60:40 funding model, shifting greater ...

The author argues that VB-G-RAM-G strengthens, not scraps, MGNREGA by expanding job guarantees, curbing leakages, creating ...

Bill promises 125 workdays but replaces the legal right to employment with budget-based allocations, risking funding cuts of ...

Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB- G RAM G, Bill was passed by Parliament on December 18. It will replace the MGNREGA Act, which provided a guaranteed wage employment to rural ...

The new VB‑G RAM G law boosts guaranteed rural workdays while reshaping funding, planning and digital monitoring, sparking both optimism and concern among stakeholders.

A preview of the critical changes is essential for understanding the concerns. One, the statutory guarantee remains, raising ...

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) took up discussion on Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika ...

Act (VB-G RAM G), which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), received the President’s assent on Sunday, 21 December, marking the formal transition to a new ...