RURAL EMPOYMENT SCHEME MGNREGS REACHED ITS LIMITS AND WARRANTED REASSESSMENT IN LIGHT OF EVOLVING RURAL REALITIES: ECONOMIC SURVEY

• Economic Survey 2025-26 concludes that MGNREGS has "reached its limits" and needs reassessment given evolving rural realities.
• Government's response: VB-GRAM-G Act, 2025 (Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission – Gramin) — a comprehensive statutory overhaul of MGNREGA aligned with Viksit Bharat 2047.
• High-yield UPSC topic linking GS-II (welfare schemes, legislation) and GS-III (rural economy, employment, fiscal policy).