VB-G RAM G: Centre notifies 375 permissible rural works, 41% more than under MGNREGA
Key facts
- On 6 October 2026, PIB said the Rural Development Ministry had notified 375 permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025.
- That is 41% more than the 266 works allowed under the previous framework.
- The works sit under four pillars: Water Security (128), Core Rural Infrastructure (111), Livelihood (98) and Disaster Preparedness (38).
- Livelihood works now make up 26% of the list, up from 1.1% before.
Why it matters
[Policy] This schedule is the list of assets that wage work can build under the law that replaced MGNREGA on 1 July 2026. Disaster preparedness and extreme-weather works get their own category for the first time. Every work must come from a Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan approved by the Gram Sabha. Works will be tracked on the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack. This links to GS-2 welfare schemes and GS-3 rural development.
Asked before: CDS I 2020 asked which of the given options is not an objective of MGNREGA, the scheme VB-G RAM G replaced.
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