Lok Sabha Question No. 465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Yogender Chandolia, Shri Pradeep Purohit, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465 ANSWERED ON 03/02/2026

## VIKSIT BHARAT GUARANTEE FOR ROZGAR AND AJEEVIKA MISSION

465.  Shri YogenderChandolia:

Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai:

Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:

Smt. Mala RajyaLaxmi Shah:

Shri Praveen Patel:

Shri Pradeep Purohit:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives and key provisions of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and AjeevikaMission (Gramin) (VBGRAMG) Act, particularly regarding the shift from demandbasedemployment  to planned rural infrastructure projects aligned with climate adaptation and disastermitigation;
- (b) the planned number and type of projects to be initiated under the  Act  along  with  theanticipated  sectoral  and  geographical coverage;
- (c) the estimated employment generation expected under the Act and the mechanism for itsState-wise distribution;
- (d) the planned investment including contributions from the Centre,  States  and  other  sourcesfor  implementing  projects under the Act; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  planned  employment  in  rural infrastructure projects alignedwith climate adaptation in Tribal dominated districts like Palghar district in Maharashtra, if so,
- thedetails thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per the Para 3 of Schedule I of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB- G RAM G Act, 2025, the core objectives and key provisions are given below:
- i. The  primary objective of this Act 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.
- ii. To focus on empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation  through  public  works  aggregating  into  forming Viksit  Bharat  National  Rural  Infrastructure  Stack,  with  a thematic focus on water security through water-related works, core  rural  infrastructure,  livelihood-related  infrastructure  and special works to mitigate extreme weather events.
- iii. To  facilitate  adequate  farm-labour  availability  during  peak agricultural  seasons,  and,  in  view  of  the  wage-employment guarantee for the rural workforce.
- iv. To  institutionalise convergence,  saturation-driven planning and whole of government delivery through Viksit Gram Panchayat  Plans,  integrated  with  the  PM  Gati  Shakti  to address  the  varying  needs  of  Gram  Panchayats,  powered  by geospatial  systems,  digital  public  infrastructure,  district  and State planning mechanisms, with such plans aggregated at the Block, District, State and National levels.
- v. To modernise governance, accountability and citizen engagement  through a comprehensive digital ecosystem, including  biometric  authentication  at  various  levels,  global positioning system or mobile based worksite monitoring, real time  management  information  system  dashboards,  proactive public  disclosures  and  the  use  of  Artificial  Intelligence  for planning, audits and fraud risk mitigation.
- (b): The  Act  makes  provision  for  works  to  be  identified  and prioritized through participatory Viksit Gram  Panchayat  Plans, which are aggregated at Block, District, State and National levels.

Types of works fall under four thematic domains: (i) water-related works for water security; (ii) core rural infrastructure; (iii) livelihoodrelated infrastructure; and (iv) special works for mitigating extreme weather events and disaster preparedness.

- (c): The Act guarantees at least one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment per financial year to rural households.

As  per  the  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.

- (d): 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  North-Eastern  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.
- (e): As per the Para 3 of Schedule I of the Act, special works to mitigate Extreme Whether Events and Disaster Preparedness is one of the core thematic areas in which disaster risk reduction, climate adaption,  and  protection  of  rural  communities  and  assets  from floods, cyclones, storms, droughts, landslides, forest fires and other extreme  whether  events  related  works  will  be  undertaken  across rural  areas  of  the  country  including tribal-dominated  districts  like Palghar.

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