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Bill guarantees 125 days of rural wage employment per year
This Bill establishes a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment per financial year for adult members of rural households who volunteer for unskilled manual work.
It aims to align rural development with the 'Viksit Bharat @ 2047' vision by promoting infrastructure, livelihood security, and digital governance.
Who it concerns: The Bill affects rural households (specifically adult members aged 18 or older who volunteer for work), State Governments (responsible for implementation and planning), Gram Panchayats (responsible for local planning and social audits), and the Central Government (responsible for fund allocation and oversight).
What the bill does
- Guarantees 125 days of wage employment per financial year for rural households.
- Requires State Governments to notify a 60-day period covering peak agricultural seasons (sowing and harvesting) during which no work under the Scheme shall be undertaken.
- Mandates that works be planned through 'Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans' integrated with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
- Establishes a 'Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack' focusing on water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood infrastructure, and extreme weather mitigation.
- Creates Central and State Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Councils and Steering Committees for oversight.
- Requires wages to be disbursed weekly or within a fortnight of work completion.
- Provides for an unemployment allowance (Clause 11, specific details not in text).
- Mandates technology-enabled transparency, including biometric authentication, GPS monitoring, and AI for audits.
- Includes provisions for penalties for contravention (Clause 27, specific penalties not in text).
Also in the document
- The Bill is structured as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with shared financial liability between the Central and State Governments.
- It includes enhanced central funding shares for North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
- The Bill provides for relaxation of operational rules during natural calamities or extraordinary circumstances.
- It includes a clause for the repeal, savings, and transitional provisions of previous laws (Clause 37).
Where this bill is now: Became law (Act)
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Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)
Bill / law · Ref. 197 · 18 Dec 2025
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