The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB – G RAM G), which replaces the now repealed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), promises ...

Erratic rainfall, prolonged heat, groundwater depletion, and volatile farm incomes are becoming structural features of rural life in India. Parliament has repealed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...

Punjab chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday said instead of debating on the “name” of the new bill replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAM G) Bill, which replaces the UPA-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...

President Droupadi Murmu has formally approved the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, clearing the controversial rural employment bill into law that effectively replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday (December 21, 2025) gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G Ram G) Bill, which replaces the erstwhile ...

The VB-G RAM G bill is in the country's interest, and its implementation will hurt only those who indulged in corruption and stole the wages of beneficiaries under the erstwhile Mahatma Gandhi ...

The government says the new framework improves transparency and rural assets. A shift from demand-driven to supply-driven funding and a 60:40 Centre–state split has raised fiscal concerns among states ...

Parliament on Friday cleared the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha passing the legislation hours after its approval in ...

Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, or simply VB-G RAM G bill, amid a strong protest by the Opposition members. Union Minister ...

In September 2006, a year after the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act had been passed in Parliament, I joined a social audit team in rural Andhra Pradesh to audit the newly opened NREGA ...

Government schemes are often difficult to understand. This is all you need to know about the VB-G RAM G rural jobs scheme that the government plans to replace the two-decade-old MGNREGA with. This ...