UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — VB-GRAM Act 2025 Guarantees 125 Days of Rural Employment to Drive Viksit Bharat Vision

Q1. Which of the following statements about the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 is/are correct?

1. Its full short title is the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025.
2. It commenced across all rural areas of the country with effect from 1 July 2026, repealing MGNREGA, 2005 from the same date.
3. It is aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
4. It guarantees 150 days of wage employment per rural household per financial year.

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 1, 2 and 3 only
• C. 1, 3 and 4 only
• D. 2, 3 and 4 only

Q2. The Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, including its Centre–State funding arrangements, is administered by which one of the following Union Ministries?

• A. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
• B. Ministry of Rural Development
• C. Ministry of Labour and Employment
• D. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Q3. Regarding the Centre–State fund-sharing pattern under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

1. The general cost-sharing ratio between the Centre and the States is 60:40.
2. For the North-Eastern States and Himalayan States, the ratio is 90:10.
3. Union Territories without legislatures are funded 100% by the Centre.
4. All States and Union Territories with legislatures are funded entirely by the Centre.

• A. 1, 2 and 4 only
• B. 2, 3 and 4 only
• C. 1, 2 and 3 only
• D. 1 and 3 only

Q4. Under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the aggregated agricultural pause of up to 60 days during peak sowing and harvesting seasons is to be notified by which one of the following?

• A. The Central Rojgar Guarantee Council
• B. The Gram Panchayat concerned
• C. The State Government
• D. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Q5. Which one of the following best describes the 'agricultural pause' provided for under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025?

• A. A permanent reduction of the guarantee from 125 to 65 days in notified agrarian districts.
• B. A period aggregating to not more than 60 days in a financial year, notifiable by States during peak sowing/harvest, during which guaranteed work may be paused while the full 125-day guarantee is preserved over the remaining period.
• C. A 60-day extension of guaranteed wage employment provided during the lean agricultural season.
• D. A 60-day window during which harvest-related works are paid at twice the notified wage rate.

Q6. For the financial year 2026-27, what is the central share provision made for the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 — described as the largest ever for a rural employment programme at the Budget Estimate stage?

• A. ₹95,692.31 crore
• B. ₹1,51,282 crore
• C. ₹73,000 crore
• D. ₹60,000 crore

Q7. The estimated total annual fund requirement of ₹1,51,282 crore (including the State share) on wage, material and administrative components is provided under which one of the following?

• A. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
• B. The National Food Security Act, 2013
• C. The Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025
• D. The Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission

Q8. With reference to the implementation architecture introduced by the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

1. It is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, notified and operationalised by the State Governments.
2. The disbursement of daily wages is to be made on a weekly basis or, in any case, within a fortnight of the work being done.
3. The unemployment allowance is payable at not less than one-fourth of the notified wage rate for the first thirty days of the financial year.
4. Like MGNREGA, the Act provides for wage costs to be funded entirely by the Central Government.

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 1, 2 and 3 only
• C. 2 and 4 only
• D. 1, 3 and 4 only

Q9. Under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the 125-day guarantee is available to rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake which one of the following kinds of work?

• A. Skilled technical work
• B. Unskilled manual work
• C. Semi-skilled construction work
• D. Any wage employment of the worker's own choice

Q10. Which of the following statements relating to the women-centric and governance provisions of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 is/are correct?

1. At least one-third participation of women is mandated under the Act.
2. Crèche facilities are to be provided at worksites where five or more children under five years accompany working women.
3. One-third of the members of the Central Rojgar Guarantee Council and the State Rojgar Guarantee Councils must be women.
4. Wages under the Act are disbursed only on an annual basis after the close of the financial year.

• A. 1, 2 and 3 only
• B. 1 and 3 only
• C. 2, 3 and 4 only
• D. 1, 2 and 4 only