Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)
PIB Backgrounder · Polity · Posted 24 OCT 2026 11:56AM
What happened
The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 came into force on July 1, 2026, providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment per financial year.
Why it matters for UPSC
This release illustrates welfare administration, decentralized grassroots planning, and governance reforms relevant to Indian Polity and social sector schemes in the UPSC syllabus.
Key objectives
- Statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment per financial year for rural households.
- Focuses on water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and extreme weather mitigation.
- Utilises Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans (VGPPs) for participatory, bottom-up, GIS-based grassroots planning.