VB-G RAM G Act 2025 Replaces MGNREGA: Key Provisions
Why in the news
A new rural jobs law, passed in the Winter Session, took over from MGNREGA with longer guaranteed work, a changed funding split and tighter tech-based monitoring.
Key facts
- Guarantee: at least 125 days a year; unemployment allowance stays if work is not given within 15 days of demand.
- Scheme type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme; states bear unemployment allowance and delay compensation.
- Allocations: Centre notifies state-wise normative allocations each year; extra spending is borne by states, without diluting the right to work.
- Seasonal pause: up to 60 days in sowing or harvesting; the 125-day entitlement stays intact.
- Assets: mapped on a National Rural Infrastructure Stack to prevent duplication.
| Region | Funding (Centre : State) |
|---|---|
| Most states | 60 : 40 |
| North-Eastern and Himalayan states | 90 : 10 |
| Union Territories without legislatures | 100% Central |
Planning and works
- Gram Sabhas and Panchayats lead planning through Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans linked to the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
- Works limited to four areas: water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood infrastructure and climate resilience.
Exam angle
- Replaces: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.
- New bodies: National Level Steering Committee and State Steering Committees.
- Tech tools: biometrics, geo-tagging, real-time dashboards and weekly public disclosures.