Parliament Passes Viksit Bharat G RAM G Bill 2025

Parliament has passed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving it last night. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill earlier yesterday.

The Bill seeks to establish a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. Under the legislation, a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage



employment will be provided in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.

 

The fund-sharing pattern between the Central and State governments will be 60:40 for all states, except the North-Eastern and Himalayan states, where the sharing arrangement will be 90:10. The State governments will continue to pay unemployment allowance and compensation.