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The Centre connected Monday (May 11, 2026) announced that the caller Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act volition travel into unit crossed the state from July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Rural Development, the Act volition travel into unit successful each States and Union Territories connected July 1.
In different notification, the Ministry stated that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) volition beryllium repealed and replaced by the caller Act.
It assured that the modulation from MGNREGA to the caller model would beryllium seamless and without disruption to workers.
"Ongoing works nether MGNREGA arsenic connected June 30 shall beryllium saved and carried implicit to the caller model seamlessly," the notification said, adding that existing e-KYC verified MGNREGA occupation cards volition stay valid until the caller "gramin rozgar warrant cards" are issued.
Workers volition not beryllium denied employment owed to pending e-KYC, and registration for those without occupation cards volition proceed astatine the gram panchayat level, it said.
The Ministry further said that draught rules related to wage payments, grievance redressal, allocation norms and transitional provisions are being prepared successful consultation with States and Union Territories and volition soon beryllium published for nationalist consultation.
Describing gram panchayats arsenic the "central pillar" of agrarian transformation, the authorities said that the caller instrumentality is expected to boost employment generation, agrarian infrastructure improvement and self-reliance successful villages.
