Parliament Question: Employment Generation under VB-G RAM-G

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 ANSWERED ON 28/07/2026 EMPLOYMENT GENERATION UNDER VB-G RAM-G 1486. Shri Sasikanth Senthil: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether employment generated under the Viksit Bharat– Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM- G) varies in States; (b) if so, the details of households demanding work, households provided employment and person-days generated since implementation of the said programme, State-wise; (c) whether any wage payments are pending, if so, the amount and period of pendency along with the reasons therefor, State-wise; (d) whether the Government has assessed the adequacy of funds in relation to the demand for employment under the programme; and (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to ensure timely wage payments and adequate availability of funds, State-wise including Tamil Nadu? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN) (a) & (b): Employment generated under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) varies across the States/UTs depending upon factors such as demand for wage employment, availability of eligible workers seeking employment, agro-climatic conditions, local development priorities and timely execution of approved works in accordance with the provisions of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. State/UTs-wise details of households employment demanded, offered and persondays generated under the VB-G RAM G Scheme during the period from 01st July, 2026 to 23rd July, 2026 are given at Annexure-I. Page 1 of 4(c) to (e): The budgetary allocation of ₹ 95,692.31 made for the VB- G RAM G Scheme, for FY-2026-27 (for the period from 01.07.2026 to 31.03.2027) is among the largest allocation ever made at the Budget Estimate Stage for any rural employment scheme in history of the country. Further a normative allocation of ₹ 95,692.31 crore has already been done among States/UTs and mother sanctions amounting to ₹ 25495.32, as first instalment, have also been issued. This will help in providing statutory guarantee of one hundred and twenty five days of wage employment to every household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work. States/UTs have also been requested to expeditiously utilize the sanctioned fund and ensure timely payment of wages to the workers. In so far as the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) scheme is concerned, as of date, no dues pertaining to any of the States/ UTs are pending. State/UT-wise details of interim allocation made and mother sanction issued under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM-G) since its commencement on 01.07.2026 is given at Annexure-II. ***** Page 2 of 4Annexure-I Annexure referred to in the reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1486 dated 28.07.2026. Number of Number of household SI. Personday household which No State s which demanded was offered employme . Generated employment nt 1 Andhra Pradesh 1470091 1453346 10431853 2 Arunachal Pradesh 14910 14299 70951 3 Assam 347465 345087 1757791 4 Bihar 294106 269490 616556 5 Chhattisgarh 262860 259237 1052468 6 Goa 61 61 392 7 Gujarat 43355 42890 244239 8 Haryana 22874 22487 96220 9 Himachal Pradesh 83080 82642 444933 10 Jammu and Kashmir 111144 109860 1094285 11 Jharkhand 184159 181667 469560 12 Karnataka 202995 193314 841523 13 Kerala 479717 478910 3136931 14 Ladakh 10520 10462 89371 15 Madhya Pradesh 289782 277760 984412 16 Maharashtra 329908 320889 1737544 17 Manipur 219775 217890 1340514 18 Meghalaya 14914 14448 53430 19 Mizoram 201042 200140 313106 20 Nagaland 12471 11498 12279 21 Odisha 204738 202281 1024751 22 Punjab 32528 30385 23645 23 Rajasthan 1283520 1275308 9400637 24 Sikkim 6648 6566 18654 25 Tamil Nadu 853829 849790 4780667 26 Telangana 469833 464253 4664421 27 Tripura 240946 239354 1140780 28 Uttar Pradesh 1031607 1028801 8319568 29 Uttarakhand 27203 27153 150276 30 West Bengal 26979 26594 60802 31 Andaman & Nicobar 495 491 2526 32 Dn Haveli And Dd 992 991 5156 33 Lakshadweep 4 0 0 34 Puducherry 13230 12931 42896 Total 8787781 8671275 54423137 Note - Persondays generated is based on attendance recorded in the system. Page 3 of 4Annexure-II Annexure referred to in the reply to parts (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1486 dated 28.07.2026. Interim allocation of fund made and mother sanction issued under VB- G RAM G during the current financial year 2026-27-(as on 16.07.2026) Figures in ₹ crore Total Interim Mother Sanctions Issued S. No. States Allocation as 1st Installment 1 Andhra Pradesh 7707.21 2545.5 2 Arunachal Pradesh 560.7 147.55 3 Assam 1929.7 630.96 4 Bihar 6715.83 1663.56 5 Chhattisgarh 3354.85 1006.46 6 Goa 3.7 1.23 7 Gujarat 1540.54 310.64 8 Haryana 590.19 194.93 9 Himachal Pradesh 1203.28 397.41 10 Jharkhand 2705.64 437.06 11 Karnataka 5709.9 1750.88 12 Kerala 3136.44 925.33 13 Madhya Pradesh 6252.03 630.76 14 Maharashtra 4420.32 1459.92 15 Manipur 581.99 192.21 16 Meghalaya 1155.09 381.5 17 Mizoram 611.65 199.21 18 Nagaland 287.85 95.07 19 Odisha 3763.8 932.32 20 Punjab 1331.61 439.8 21 Rajasthan 7581.87 2274.37 22 Sikkim 97.57 32.23 23 Tamil Nadu 7585.49 2176.84 24 Telangana 3825.31 1263.41 25 Tripura 1041.7 344.05 26 Uttar Pradesh 9721.48 3210.76 27 Uttarakhand 626.43 193.78 28 West Bengal 8508 1264.49 29 Puducherry 40.56 12.88 30 Jammu And Kashmir 1151.2 380.21 31 Andaman & Nicobar 4.44 0 32 Ladakh 85.98 0 Dadra Nagar Haveli & 33 9.02 0 Daman Diu 34 Lakshadweep 0.32 0 Total 93841.69 25495.32 Funds for Central Admin and 1850.62 Social Audit Grand Total 95,692.31 ***** Page 4 of 4