2026 CE · law constitution governance

VB–G RAM G Act Replaces MGNREGA as India’s Rural Employment-Guarantee Law

On 1 July 2026, the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 came into force across rural India, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, which was repealed on the same date. The new framework retained a statutory rural-employment guarantee while increasing the entitlement from 100 to 125 days of unskilled wage work for eligible rural households and carrying ongoing works and job-card continuity into the new scheme.

Gazette notification bringing the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 into force across rural India from 1 July 2026 — The Gazette notification appoints 1 July 2026 for commencement of the VB–G RAM G framework; MGNREGA was repealed from the same date through a separate official notification. The image documents commencement, not every subsequent state-level implementation step. · Credit: Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India · License: Official Gazette matter — Copyright Act 1957 §52(1)(q)(i)

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Ministry of Rural Development / PIB — commencement and transition
Ministry of Rural Development / PIB — operational confirmation on eve of commencement
Gazette of India — commencement notification, Gazette ID CG-DL-E-11052026-272413
Gazette of India — MGNREGA repeal notification, Gazette ID CG-DL-E-11052026-272414

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