Lok Sabha Question No. 3977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Vision of Viksit Bharat, 2047
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Adhikari Soumendu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3977 ANSWERED ON 17/03/2026

## VISION OF VIKSIT BHARAT, 2047

## 3977. Shri Adhikari Soumendu:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  framed  the  National  Vision  of Viksit Bharat, 2047 with a statutory guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  allocation  and  proposals  in  the  budget  of 2026-27, State-wise; and
- (c) the allocation of job schedule and guarantee for the districts of West Bengal with its perspective module?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) to (c): The primary objective of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, is to align  the  rural  development  framework  with  the  national  vision  of Viksit  Bharat  @2047  by  providing  an  enhanced  statutory  wage employment guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days in each financial  year  to  such  rural  households  whose  adult  members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, thereby enabling them to  participate  more effectively  in  the  expanded  livelihood  security framework, with every rural household statutorily guaranteed twentyfive  days of employment outside the sixty days in a financial year peak agricultural season notified by the State.

As  per  Sub-section  (4)  of  Section  22  of  the  Act,  the  Central Government shall determine the State-wise normative allocation for each state based on objective parameters as may be prescribed by the Central Government.

Here  it  is  also  stated  that  as  per  Section  22  of  the  Act,  the Scheme implemented under the Act shall be a Centrally Sponsored

Scheme and the fund-sharing pattern between the Central Government and the State Government shall be 90:10 for the NorthEastern States, Himalayan States and Union Territory (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) and 60:40 for all other States and Union Territories with legislature.

For  the  financial  year  2026-27,  a  Central  share  provision  of ₹95,692.31 crore has been made for the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar  and  Ajeevika  Mission  (Gramin),  representing  the  largest allocation ever for rural employment programme at Budget Estimate Stage. With the inclusion of the corresponding estimated State share, the total programme outlay is likely to exceed ₹1.51 lakh crore, which is  expected  to  significantly  accelerate  rural  transformation,  largescale  employment  generation  and  income  enhancement  in  rural areas.

Further  it  is  also  stated  that  as  per  provisions  contained  in Section 3(1) of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the State Government, shall within six months from the date of commencement of this Act, by notification, make a Scheme consistent with the provisions of this Act and the features provided therein. As per section 4 of VB- G RAM G  Act,  the  Central  government  shall  determine  the  State  wise normative  allocation  for  each  financial  year  based  on  objective parameters as may be prescribed by the central government.

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