"Job card melas expand VB-G RAM G coverage across Mysuru gram panchayats"
Rozgar Guarantee Card
the entitlement document issued to eligible rural households under VB-G RAM G to register employment demand.
Demand-driven scheme
a programme where the government provides employment only when workers actively register a demand for work.
Article 41 of the Constitution — a Directive Principle of State Policy — directs the state to secure the right to work. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 gave this principle statutory force. It guaranteed at least 100 days of unskilled wage employment per rural household per year. The Centre bore roughly 90% of wage costs, with states contributing the rest. Over two decades, MGNREGA became one of the world's largest public works programmes. It served as a rural wage floor, a social safety net, and a demand-driven asset-creation tool. Persistent criticisms included chronic wage payment delays, under-budgeting relative to actual demand, and the 100-day ceiling being insufficient for households in agrarian distress.
The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 (Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission, Gramin) replaced MGNREGA. It came into force from 1st July, 2026. The new law raised the annual entitlement to 125 days per household and set a total budgetary allocation of ₹95,692 crore. It is positioned within the broader 'Viksit Bharat' policy vision — treating rural employment not as a pure welfare measure but as part of a long-term development framework.
VB-G RAM G retains the demand-driven architecture of MGNREGA. Adult members of rural households who volunteer for unskilled manual work are entitled to the statutory guarantee. But the new law introduces several structural departures.
First, the annual entitlement rises from 100 to 125 days per household. Second, gram panchayats must now plan works within four mandated thematic areas: water security, rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and climate resilience. These plans are linked to the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, shifting panchayat-level planning into a national infrastructure grid. Third, the cost-sharing ratio changes significantly. …
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana is aimed at
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements :
1.It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2.It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
3.It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission, Gramin (VB-G RAM G), consider the following statements:
1.It replaced MGNREGA and came into force on 1st July, 2026.
2.The annual employment entitlement under VB-G RAM G is 150 days per rural household.
3.States are required to bear 40% of the scheme's costs.
4.Work plans under VB-G RAM G must be linked to the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Which of the following is the constitutional basis for rural employment guarantee schemes such as VB-G RAM G in India?
Consider the following pairs with reference to the shift from MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G:
Feature — Change introduced
1.Annual entitlement — Increased from 100 to 125 days per household
2.State cost-share — Reduced from 40% to 10%
3.Work-type selection — Restricted to four mandated thematic areas
4.Attendance mechanism — Shifted to biometric attendance
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Assertion (A): The VB-G RAM G scheme links gram panchayat work plans to the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
Reason (R): This linkage is intended to align rural labour deployment with national infrastructure priorities rather than leaving work-type selection entirely to local demand.
Which of the following is correct?
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