INTEGRATION OF VB-G RAM-G WITH PM GATI SHAKTI NATIONAL MASTER PLAN

• VB-G RAM-G Act, 2025 (Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)) is the successor/reform of MGNREGA, 2005, raising the statutory wage-employment guarantee to 125 days/household/FY and embedding rural planning into the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP).
• Notified for commencement across all rural areas of India w.e.f. 01 July 2026, with planning via Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans (VGPPs) that aggregate upward through Block → District → State → National tiers.
• UPSC relevance: convergence of employment guarantee, rural infrastructure, digital public infrastructure (DPI), geospatial planning and cooperative federalism under one statute aligned with Viksit Bharat @ 2047.