UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act, 2025
Q1. Under the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, what is the statutory minimum number of days of unskilled manual wage employment guaranteed to every rural household in a financial year?
- A. 100 days
- B. 120 days
- C. 125 days
- D. 150 days
Q2. The implementation of the Viksit Bharat — G RAM G Act, 2025 at the Union level is vested in which one of the following Ministries/Departments?
- A. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
- B. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- C. Ministry of Labour and Employment
- D. Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Q3. With reference to the employment guarantee provisions of the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 vis-à-vis the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, 2005, consider the following statements:
1. The statutory floor of guaranteed unskilled manual wage employment per rural household per financial year has been raised from 100 days to 125 days.
2. The new Act builds in an aggregated no-work period of up to 60 days a year to protect availability of agricultural labour during peak sowing and harvesting seasons, a provision that did not exist in the MGNREGA framework.
3. The Centre-State cost-sharing ratio for most States has been raised from 60:40 under MGNREGA to 90:10 under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The statutory floor of guaranteed unskilled manual wage employment per rural household per financial year has been raised from 100 days to 125 days.
- The new Act builds in an aggregated no-work period of up to 60 days a year to protect availability of agricultural labour during peak sowing and harvesting seasons, a provision that did not exist in the MGNREGA framework.
- The Centre-State cost-sharing ratio for most States has been raised from 60:40 under MGNREGA to 90:10 under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q4. Which one of the following is the nodal ministry/department for implementing the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025?
- A. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
- B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- D. Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Q5. With effect from 1 July 2026, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 stands repealed by virtue of the commencement of which one of the following statutes?
- A. The National Food Security Act, 2013
- B. The Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025
- C. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
- D. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
Q6. Which one of the following is the nodal/lead Department of the Government of India for implementation of the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025?
- A. Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- B. Department of Land Resources
- C. Department of Panchayati Raj
- D. Department of Rural Development
Q7. With reference to the implementation architecture of the Viksit Bharat–G RAM G Act, 2025 as compared with the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, 2005, consider the following statements:
1. Both statutes designate the Panchayats at the village level as the principal authority for planning and execution of works at the village level.
2. Unlike MGNREGA, the VB–G RAM G Act expressly requires the Gram Panchayat to convene Weekly Disclosure meetings at the Gram Panchayat Bhavan to display the status of works, payments, muster rolls and grievances.
3. The VB–G RAM G Act introduces, for the first time in rural employment guarantee legislation in India, the requirement of social audit by the Gram Sabha, a feature absent in MGNREGA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Both statutes designate the Panchayats at the village level as the principal authority for planning and execution of works at the village level.
- Unlike MGNREGA, the VB–G RAM G Act expressly requires the Gram Panchayat to convene Weekly Disclosure meetings at the Gram Panchayat Bhavan to display the status of works, payments, muster rolls and grievances.
- The VB–G RAM G Act introduces, for the first time in rural employment guarantee legislation in India, the requirement of social audit by the Gram Sabha, a feature absent in MGNREGA.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. Under the Viksit Bharat–G RAM G Act, 2025, which one of the following bodies is designated as the principal authority for planning, implementation and monitoring of the Scheme at the village level?
- A. Gram Sabha
- B. Gram Panchayat
- C. District Programme Coordinator
- D. State Level Steering Committee constituted by the State Government
Q9. In the context of the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, what is the 'Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack'?
- A. A consolidated aggregation of Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans serving as the unified convergence platform for rural schemes under the Act
- B. A central public-private investment fund for financing rural road and irrigation projects aligned with Viksit Bharat @2047
- C. A digital biometric authentication layer for wage payments to rural households under the employment guarantee
- D. A statutory list of permissible asset categories notified by the Central Steering Committee for districts facing climate vulnerability
Q10. Which one of the following is the nodal authority responsible for operationalising the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025?
- A. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
- B. Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development
- C. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Q11. The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, conceived as a statutory expression of the Directive Principles in Article 41 of the Constitution, is operationalised at the Union level by which one of the following?
- A. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
- B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Q12. With reference to the constitutional and Directive Principles basis often cited for rights-based welfare statutes such as the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, consider the following statements:
1. Article 39(a) directs the State to secure that citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood.
2. Article 41 requires the State, within the limits of its economic capacity, to make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement.
3. Article 43 enjoins the State to endeavour to secure a living wage and decent conditions of work for all workers, including in the agricultural sector.
4. Article 21 expressly confers on every citizen a justiciable fundamental right to demand guaranteed wage employment from the State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Article 39(a) directs the State to secure that citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood.
- Article 41 requires the State, within the limits of its economic capacity, to make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement.
- Article 43 enjoins the State to endeavour to secure a living wage and decent conditions of work for all workers, including in the agricultural sector.
- Article 21 expressly confers on every citizen a justiciable fundamental right to demand guaranteed wage employment from the State.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4