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Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission
(Gramin): VB – G Ram G (fodflr
Hkkjr–th jke th) Act, 2025
[36
OF 2025]1
An Act to establish a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, by providing a statutory guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work; to promote empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS to align the rural development framework with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 by providing an enhanced statutory wage employment guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days in each financial year to such rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, thereby enabling them to participate more effectively in the expanded livelihood security framework;
AND WHEREAS to focus on empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation through public works aggregating into forming Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack, with a thematic focus on water security through water-related works, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure and special works to mitigate extreme weather events;
AND WHEREAS to facilitate adequate farm-labour availability during peak agricultural seasons, and, in view of the wage employment guarantee for the rural workforce;
AND WHEREAS to institutionalise convergence, saturation-driven planning and whole of government delivery through Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans, integrated with the PM Gati Shakti to address the varying needs of Gram Panchayats, and powered by geospatial systems, digital public infrastructure, District and State planning mechanisms, with such plans aggregated at the Block, District, State and National levels;
AND WHEREAS to modernise governance, accountability and citizen engagement through a comprehensive digital ecosystem, including biometric authentication at various levels, global positioning system or mobile based worksite monitoring, real-time
1. Dated 20-12-2025.
management information system dashboards, proactive public disclosures, and use of Artificial Intelligence for planning, audits and fraud-risk mitigation.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G RAM G (fodflr Hkkjr th jke th) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint:
Provided that the different dates may be appointed for different States or for different areas in a State and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in such State or, as the case may be, in such area.
Definitions.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “adult” means a person who has completed the eighteenth year of age;
(b) “applicant” means the head of a household or any of its other adult members who has applied for employment under the Scheme;
(
c) “Block” means a community development area within a district comprising a group of Gram Panchayats;
(
d) “Central Council” means the Central Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Council constituted under section 12;
(
e) “Centrally Sponsored Scheme” means a scheme in which the Central Government provides full or partial financial assistance and the State Governments undertake its implementation;
(f) “District Programme Coordinator” means an officer of the State Government designated as such officer under sub-section (1) of section 17 for the implementation of the Scheme in a district;
(g) “household” means the members of a family related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals or holding a common ration card;
(h) “implementing agency” includes any department of the Central Government or a State Government, a Zila Parishad, Panchayat at intermediate level, Gram Panchayat or any local authority or the Government undertaking, to undertake the implementation of any work taken up under the Scheme;
2. Enforced with effect from 1-7-2026, vide Notification No. S.O. 2382(E), dated 11-5-2026.
(i) “intermediate level” means a level between the village and district levels as specified under clause (c) of article 243 to the Constitution of India;
(j) “National Level Steering Committee” means a steering committee constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 14;
(k) “normative allocation” means the allocation of the fund made by the Central Government to the State;
(l) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the term “notify” or “notified”, shall be construed accordingly;
(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) “Programme Officer” means an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 18;
(o) “rural area” means any area in a State except those areas covered by any urban local body or a Cantonment Board established or constituted under any law for the time being in force;
(p) “Schedule” means Schedules appended to this Act;
(q) “Scheme” means the Scheme notified by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(
r) “State” means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and includes a Union territory;
(
s) “State Council” means the State Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Council constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13;
(
t) “State Level Steering Committee” means a steering committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 15;
(
u) “unskilled manual work” means any physical work which any adult person is capable of doing without any skill or special training;
(v) “Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack” means the consolidated aggregation comprising proposed works emerging from the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans aggregated at the District and State levels, and aligned with the four thematic domains of works specified in Schedule I;
(w) “Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan” means a future-ready, convergencebased local development plan aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, formulated by the Gram Panchayat through a participatory and evidence-based process, and serving as the basis for identification and prioritisation of works under this Act, as provided in sub-section (3) of section 4;
(x) “wage rate” means the wage rate referred to in section 10;
(y) “work” means any work undertaken or executed under the Scheme.
Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G RAM G (
Rules and Notified Wage Rates – Bare Act
AUTHOR : Taxmann’s Editorial Board
PUBLISHER : Taxmann
DATE OF PUBLICATION : July 2026
EDITION : 2026 Edition
ISBN NO : 9788167010049
No. of Pages : 88
BINDING TYPE : Paperback
Rs. 125
DESCRIPTION
Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G RAM G (������
2025 [Bare Act] by Taxmann is the landmark law that overhauls MGNREGA and recasts India’s rural wage‑employment guarantee around the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
The book reproduces the complete enacted text of the Act, both Schedules, the full legislative record, the entire package of subordinate legislation, the Government’s reform press release, the interim operationalisation order, and the newly notified state‑wise wage rates for unskilled manual workers. Updated up to 1st July 2026, it is a single, reliable, and litigation‑ready reference on the new regime.
This publication is essential for stakeholders who require a clear, defensible, section anchored understanding of India’s new rural employment and infrastructure law, including:
• Rural Development Administrators and Field Functionaries
• Panchayati Raj Institutions
• Central and State Governments, Councils and Steering Committees
• Advocates, Law Firms and the Judiciary
• Auditors, Social Auditors, CAG Teams, RTI Practitioners and Civil‑Society Organisations
• Policy Professionals, Economists, Researchers and Think Tanks
• Civil Services, Law and Public‑administration Aspirants and Students
The Present Publication is the 2026 Edition, covering the amended and updated text of the Viksit Bharat— Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G RAM G
Act [Act No. 36 of 2025] including the Rules and notified Wage Rates, with the following noteworthy features:
• [Full Statutory Text] The complete, enacted Act (36 of 2025)—37 sections across 7 chapters and both Schedules
• [Fully Up To Date] Incorporates the enforcement notification (w.e.f. 1st July 2026) and the repeal of MGNREGA
• [All Three Rule Sets] Payments, excess expenditure and the transition, alongside the parent provisions
• [Notified Wage Rates in Full] The complete state‑wise schedule (S.O. 3518(E), dated 30th June 2026), superseding the 2013 MGNREGA notification
• [Transition Fully Mapped] Transitional Provisions Rules and an Interim Operationalisation Order tracing how liabilities, funds, job cards, assets and records move from MGNREGA/MGNREGS
• [Complete Legislative Record] Statement of Objects and Reasons, Notes on Clauses, Financial Memorandum, Memorandum Regarding Delegated Legislation, and the reform press release
• [Navigation Aids] Section notes and a Subject Index for provision‑level navigation
• [Compact & Affordable] Portable and reasonably priced for daily desk reference