Revamping rural employment: New law will bring significant changes

The Bill proposes to increase the number of guaranteed days of employment to 125 per household

The Union government on Tuesday introduced the Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (or VB-G RAM G Bill) in Parliament to revise the rural employment-guarantee programme, currently run under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). It has been argued that the rural economy has changed significantly since the MGNREGA came about two decades ago and that the new law takes into account the changed realities and needs of rural India. It indeed proposes to make significant changes in the way employment is provided, some of which are being contested, including by various state