VB-G RAM G Act 2025: 125 Days Employment Guarantee

Syllabus: Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections

Ministry of Rural Development

Why in news?

Parliament has passed the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Act, 2025, which enhances the statutory wage employment guarantee and aims to transform rural employment.

⚛️Static Concepts

MGNREGARight to WorkDirective Principles of State Policy

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Prelims-Oriented Points

Employment Guarantee: Enhanced to 125 days per financial year per rural household (previously 100 days under MGNREGA).
Key Shifts: Focuses on 'saturation-based delivery' and 'convergence' with other development initiatives.
Infrastructure Linkage: Explicitly enables works for rural education infrastructure (classrooms, labs, toilets) and Anganwadis.
Skill Development: Includes construction of rural libraries and training centres to support youth skilling.

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Examiner's Trap: The guarantee is for 125 days PER HOUSEHOLD, not per individual.

Quick Data Points

125 days guaranteed employment

Financial Year basis

Mains Value Addition

GS-2: Welfare schemes; GS-3: Employment.

Asset Quality: Shift from purely unskilled labor to creating durable assets like school infrastructure.
Income Security: Increasing guarantee to 125 days provides a stronger safety net against rural distress.
Convergence: Integrating employment generation with skill development (libraries/training centers) addresses long-term employability.

Source

Press Information Bureau (PIB)