VB-G RAM G Act Guarantees 125 Days of Rural Wage Work

A PIB backgrounder issued on 29 September 2026 sets out how the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), shortened to VB-G RAM G, is working in the countryside. The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 came into force on 1 July 2026 and now covers every rural area of the country. The move away from Mahatma Gandhi NREGA was made without a break in work, because the digital systems behind the new framework were running from day one.

What the law promises

The statute gives a legal guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in each financial year to every rural household whose adult members come forward for unskilled manual work. Work is organised around four themes: water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure and protection against extreme weather events. The Act builds in a whole-of-government method, with planning driven by convergence and saturation.

Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans

At the centre of the framework sit the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans (VGPPs), prepared with the Gram Sabha's participation and approval. A panchayat first takes stock of the assets and services it already has, including those built under central and state schemes, then finds the gaps. Planning uses GIS along with Yuktdhara and PM Gati Shakti so that works are not duplicated. The VGPP framework lists 318 kinds of permissible works across the four themes, and the plans are stacked up at block, district, state and national level to feed the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack.

Where it stands on 24 September 2026

Employment on demand has reached over 2.81 crore workers from about 2.23 crore households, 73.24 lakh sanctioned works are ready for future demand, and nearly 2.31 lakh gram panchayats are executing works. DBT transactions stand at 3.76 crore for the year.

Money and technology

States and union territories have an interim allocation of Rs 93,841 crore for 2026-27, of which a mother sanction of Rs 25,880 crore has gone out as the first instalment. Attendance and e-KYC run on face and biometric authentication, works are geo-tagged and measured through electronic Measurement Books, wages move by Direct Benefit Transfer, and real-time dashboards with AI-based analytics support oversight.