Hold awareness meetings on G RAM G law: Centre to gram panchayats

According to an official letter issued a few days ago, the gram sabhas should ensure active participation of villagers, workers, women, SC/ST households and other vulnerable groups

The central government has directed all gram panchayats across India to convene special gram sabhas (meetings) to explain the key provisions of the newly enacted rural employment law, VB-G RAM G law before December 26. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 replaced the 20-year-old MGNREGA after the President’s assent and a gazette notification. 

According to an official letter issued a few days back, the gram sabhas should ensure active participation of villagers, workers, women, SC/STs households, and other vulnerable groups. 

The proceedings of the gram sabhas need to be documented and uploaded on a real time basis with geo-tagged details on the official portal. 

 

The letter also cautioned that the ministry of rural development will strictly monitor the progress of these special meetings to create awareness on VB-G RAM G. 

Meanwhile, in a related development, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that a third of the works under VB-G RAM G will be given to women. 

In an interaction with ‘Lakhpati Didis’, Chouhan said that the Didis will benefit from the scheme in terms of infrastructure development while panchayats will receive more work based on their needs. 

He said the new scheme has a clear provision for providing unemployment allowance if there is a delay in providing work to labourers and work under G RAM G will be decided not from Delhi, but from the villages themselves.