MGNREGA

Timeline

1. 9 Aug2026
   Schemes

   VB-G RAM G first month: rural jobs nearly halve versus MGNREGS July 2025¹²³

   Official data as of 9 August showed the VB-G RAM G rural jobs scheme, in force since 1 July 2026, generated 7.67 crore person-days in July against 15.33 crore under MGNREGS in July 2025, a 49.94% fall; the rural development ministry said about 9 crore.

   • 7.67 crore vs 15.33 crore person-days (down 49.94%), data as of 9 Aug 2026
   • Ministry claimed about 9 crore person-days in the first month
   • Households with work: 68.94 lakh vs 1.42 crore a year earlier
   • Statutory guarantee raised from 100 to 125 days per household
   • Act commenced 1 July 2026, replacing MGNREGA
2. 1 Jul2026
   Legislation

   VB-G RAM G Act replaces MGNREGA from 1 July 2026 with 125-day guarantee⁴⁵

   The VB-G RAM G Act replaced MGNREGA from 1 July 2026, raising the annual guarantee of employment from 100 to 125 days. The national average daily wage under the new scheme is Rs 327.4 against Rs 298.8 earlier.

   • VB-G RAM G Act replaced the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme from 1 July 2026
   • Guaranteed rural employment raised to 125 days a year, with payment in lieu if work is not provided
   • National average daily wage Rs 327.4, up from Rs 298.8 under MGNREGA (an increase of Rs 28.6)
3. 21 Dec2025
   Legislation

   VB-G RAM G Act replaces MGNREGA with 125-day guarantee⁶⁷⁸

   The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill was passed by Parliament in mid-December 2025 and became an Act after Presidential assent, with a gazette notification on 21 December. It replaces the MGNREGA of 2005 and raises guaranteed rural wage employment per household from 100 to 125 days.

   • Gazette notification: 21 December 2025 after Presidential assent (one outlet says assent was on 20 December)
   • Replaces MGNREGA 2005
   • Guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household a year, up from 100
   • States can declare a pause of up to 60 days a year in peak farm seasons
   • States to bear 40 percent of scheme cost

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Sources

1. The Wire
2. Outlook India
3. Outlook Money
4. Outlook Money
5. Angel One News
6. The Week
7. DT Next
8. Deccan Herald