**Executive Summary**
This document outlines the objectives and provisions of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VBGRAMG] Act, 2025. The Act aims to align rural development with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment and focusing on infrastructure projects to mitigate extreme weather. Works will be identified and prioritized through participatory Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Objectives and Provisions of the VBGRAMG Act, 2025:**
* The primary objective is to align rural development with Viksit Bharat @2047 by providing a statutory wage employment guarantee.
* Guarantees 125 days of wage employment per financial year for rural households whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work.
* Focuses on empowerment, growth, convergence, and saturation through public works aggregating into Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack.
* Emphasis on water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and mitigating extreme weather events.
* Facilitates farm-labor availability during peak agricultural seasons.
* **Planning and Governance:**
* Institutionalizes convergence and saturation-driven planning through Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans, integrated with PM Gati Shakti.
* Utilizes geospatial systems, digital public infrastructure, and district/state planning mechanisms, aggregated at all levels.
* Modernizes governance, accountability, and citizen engagement through a comprehensive digital ecosystem, including biometric authentication, GPS monitoring, and AI.
* Works are identified and prioritized through participatory Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans, aggregated at Block, District, State, and National levels.
* **Types of Works:**
* Four thematic domains:
* Water-related works for water security.
* Core rural infrastructure.
* Livelihood-related infrastructure.
* Special works for mitigating extreme weather events and disaster preparedness.
* **Funding:**
* The Central Government determines the state-wise normative allocation based on objective parameters.
* Implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the following fund sharing pattern:
* 90:10 between Central Government and State Government for North-Eastern, Himalayan States, and UTs (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K)
* 60:40 for all other States and UTs with legislature.
* **Climate Adaptation and Disaster Preparedness:**
* Special works to mitigate extreme weather events and disaster preparedness will be undertaken in rural areas, including tribal-dominated districts like Palghar (Maharashtra).
**Impact Analysis**
**Rural Households**
* **Impact**: Guaranteed 125 days of wage employment, improved livelihood security, and participation in infrastructure projects.
* **Action Required**: Volunteer for unskilled manual work to avail of wage employment.
**State Governments**
* **Impact**: Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme with specific funding patterns; responsible for state-level planning and execution.
* **Action Required**: Align state planning with VBGRAMG Act, contribute funds based on the prescribed ratio, and implement projects.
**Central Government**
* **Impact**: Responsible for determining state-wise fund allocation, overall scheme implementation, and monitoring.
* **Action Required**: Determine state-wise fund allocation based on objective parameters and monitor scheme implementation.
**Gram Panchayats**
* **Impact**: Integral role in identifying and prioritizing works through participatory Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans
* **Action Required**: Participate in the creation of the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans.
Key Entities Referenced
Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act: A proposed Act guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment annually, focusing on climate adaptation and rural infrastructure, especially in tribal-dominated areas.
Ministry of Rural Development: The central ministry responsible for overseeing and implementing the Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin).
PM Gati Shakti: Referenced for integration with Gram Panchayat plans to address local needs powered by geospatial systems.
Palghar: A tribal-dominated district in Maharashtra specifically mentioned in the context of planned employment in rural infrastructure projects aligned with climate adaptation.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465
ANSWERED ON 03/02/2026
VIKSIT BHARAT GUARANTEE FOR ROZGAR AND AJEEVIKA MISSION
465. Shri YogenderChandolia:
Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai:
Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:
Smt. Mala RajyaLaxmi Shah:
Shri Praveen Patel:
Shri Pradeep Purohit:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:
(a) the objectives and key provisions of the Viksit Bharat
Guarantee for Rozgar and AjeevikaMission (Gramin)
(VBGRAMG) Act, particularly regarding the shift from demand-
basedemployment to planned rural infrastructure projects
aligned with climate adaptation and disastermitigation;
(b) the planned number and type of projects to be initiated under
the Act along with theanticipated sectoral and geographical
coverage;
(c) the estimated employment generation expected under the Act
and the mechanism for itsState-wise distribution;
(d) the planned investment including contributions from the
Centre, States and other sourcesfor implementing projects
under the Act; and
(e) whether the Government has planned employment in rural
infrastructure projects alignedwith climate adaptation in Tribal
dominated districts like Palghar district in Maharashtra, if so,
thedetails thereof?
Page 1 of 3ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): As per the Para 3 of Schedule I of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee
for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB- G RAM G Act, 2025,
the core objectives and key provisions are given below:
i. The primary objective of this Act is 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.
ii. 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.
iii. To facilitate adequate farm-labour availability during peak
agricultural seasons, and, in view of the wage-employment
guarantee for the rural workforce.
iv. 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, powered by
geospatial systems, digital public infrastructure, district and
State planning mechanisms, with such plans aggregated at the
Block, District, State and National levels.
v. 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 management information system dashboards, proactive
public disclosures and the use of Artificial Intelligence for
planning, audits and fraud risk mitigation.
(b): The Act makes provision for works to be identified and
prioritized through participatory Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans,
which are aggregated at Block, District, State and National levels.
Page 2 of 3Types of works fall under four thematic domains: (i) water-related
works for water security; (ii) core rural infrastructure; (iii) livelihood-
related infrastructure; and (iv) special works for mitigating extreme
weather events and disaster preparedness.
(c): The Act guarantees at least one hundred and twenty-five days
of wage employment per financial year to rural households.
As per the Sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the Act, 'The
Central Government shall determine the State-wise normative
allocation for each state based on objective parameters as may be
prescribed by the Central Government.
(d): As per Section 22 of the Act, the Scheme implemented under
the Act shall be a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the fund-sharing
pattern between the Central Government and the State Government
shall be 90:10 for the North-Eastern States, Himalayan States and
Union Territory (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and
Kashmir) and 60:40 for all other States and Union territories with
legislature.
(e): As per the Para 3 of Schedule I of the Act, special works to
mitigate Extreme Whether Events and Disaster Preparedness is one
of the core thematic areas in which disaster risk reduction, climate
adaption, and protection of rural communities and assets from
floods, cyclones, storms, droughts, landslides, forest fires and other
extreme whether events related works will be undertaken across
rural areas of the country including tribal-dominated districts like
Palghar.
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