In a sweeping restructuring of India’s rural employment framework, the Centre on Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, or VB–G RAM G Act, will come into effect nationwide from July 1, 2026, replacing the nearly two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
As per the approved schedule, three major SARAS events will be organised in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The Ministry of Rural Development has entered into a significant partnership with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to realize the Government of India’s vision of ‘Insurance for All by 2047’, Union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) since 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for the construction of Pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of "Housing for All" in rural areas.
The Ministry of Rural Development on Sunday said it has been noticed by the Ministry that some section of the media has quoted that “Rural Employment under MGNREGS dip by 16 per cent in the first half of the current year.'
These banks are: Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank and IDBI Bank Limited.
With this, the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj said real-time monitoring will be possible from work done to the wages received by the labourer.
The Ministry of Rural Development said that guidelines applicable for the Central Government as well as State Governments under the law were being followed.
District created 1.56 crore man-days under MGNREGA during 2018-19
