The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): Vb—G Ram G (विकसित भारत—जी राम जी)Act, 2025
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development / Department of Rural Development
Act details
| Short title | The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): Vb—G Ram G (विकसित भारत—जी राम जी)Act, 2025 |
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| Long title | 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. |
| Act number | 36 of 2025 |
| Act year | 2025 |
| Enactment date | 20 Dec 2025 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Rural Development / Department of Rural Development |
| Department | Department of Rural Development |
| Jurisdiction | Central (Parliament of India) |
| Sections | 37 |
| Schedules | 2 |
| Status | Not repealed |
| Last checked on India Code | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Source | India Code, Government of India |
Legislative history
Legislative History:
The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB—G Ram G (विकसित भारत—जी राम जी)Act, 2025
Source: Official Record of Parliament, India Code, and Ministry of Rural Development
Act Title - The Viksit Bharat---Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB---G Ram G (विकसित भारत—जी राम जी)Act, 2025
Act Number - Act No. 36 of 2025
Act ID (India Code) - 202536
Presidential Assent date - December 20, 2025
Enforcement Date - December 20, 2025
Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Rural Development
Precedent & Historical Rationale
● Overhaul and Repeal of MGNREGA: Repeals and replaces the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, reforming the statutory employment guarantee framework to align with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
● Enhanced Employment & Normative Asset Creation: Raises the annual statutory wage employment guarantee from 100 days to 125 days per rural household. It introduces a 60-day agricultural pause during peak farming seasons, establishes state-wise normative financial allocations (60:40 Centre-State ratio; 90:10 for Himalayan/NE states), and aggregates works under the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack.
Parliamentary Trajectory & Enactment
● Formulation: Introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development to transform rural wage employment from a standalone social welfare program into an outcome-oriented, asset-building framework integrated with technology (AI planning, biometric verification, and geospatial tracking).
● Parliamentary Passage: Introduced, debated, and passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament in December 2025.
● Presidential Assent: Received the assent of the President of India on December 20, 2025.
● Enforcement: Enforced on December 20, 2025.