MGNREGA phased out as India launches Viksit Bharat employment mission
IANS
India on Monday unveiled a sweeping redesign of India’s rural employment architecture, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. Officials described the new law as a modern, infrastructure-driven and digitally governed framework aligned with the government’s long-term development vision under Viksit Bharat 2047.
The new Act increases the statutory guarantee of employment from 100 to 125 days per rural household for adults willing to undertake unskilled manual work. It aims to simultaneously strengthen income security and create durable, productivity-enhancing assets through a nationally coordinated development strategy.
Under the revamped system, public works will be organised across four priority verticals — water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related assets, and special projects designed to mitigate extreme weather events. All assets generated through the programme will be brought onto the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack, enabling unified planning, monitoring and integration with geospatial platforms such as PM Gati-Shakti.
Officials said the new framework addresses long-standing structural weaknesses in MGNREGA and brings “a modern, infrastructure-focused, digitally governed system” that improves transparency and outcomes....
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