UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — LAUNCHING OF VB-G RAM-G SCHEME
Q1. Under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, the statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in a financial year is vested primarily in which one of the following units?
- A. Every adult resident of a rural area who registers with the Gram Panchayat for wage employment
- B. Every rural household identified as below the poverty line in the latest Socio-Economic Census
- C. Every landless agricultural labour household enrolled in the State's rural labour register
- D. Every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work
Q2. The enhancement of the statutory wage employment guarantee to 'not less than one hundred and twenty-five days' in each financial year is provided under which one of the following?
- A. Section 3(1) of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025
- B. Section 5(1) of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025
- C. Section 5(3) of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025
- D. Section 3 of the MGNREGA, 2005, as amended in December 2025
Q3. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, within how long from the commencement of the Act is every State required to frame its own implementing Scheme?
- A. Three months
- B. Six months
- C. Twelve months
- D. Eighteen months
Q4. The VB–G RAM G Scheme is operationalised at the Union level by which one of the following?
- A. The Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development
- B. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, acting through District Programme Coordinators
- C. The Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Rural Development
- D. The Ministry of Labour and Employment, through its rural employment wing
Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the implementation architecture of the VB–G RAM G Scheme as compared with that of MGNREGA:
1. It is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, with Centre–State sharing in the ratio of 60:40 for most States and 90:10 for the North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
2. All works taken up under the Scheme must originate from Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans prepared by Gram Panchayats and approved by the Gram Sabha.
3. National-level oversight vests in the National Level Steering Committee, while convergence at the State level and district-to-State planning is coordinated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- It is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, with Centre–State sharing in the ratio of 60:40 for most States and 90:10 for the North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
- All works taken up under the Scheme must originate from Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans prepared by Gram Panchayats and approved by the Gram Sabha.
- National-level oversight vests in the National Level Steering Committee, while convergence at the State level and district-to-State planning is coordinated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q6. Consider the following statements regarding the operational norms of the VB–G RAM G Scheme:
1. Attendance at worksites is captured through a face authentication-based attendance mechanism.
2. Wages are paid weekly, or in any case within fifteen days of closure of the muster roll, by Direct Benefit Transfer into individual bank or post office accounts.
3. Every worksite must provide safe drinking water, shade for children and for rest, and a first aid box.
4. Material expenditure at the district level shall not exceed sixty per cent of the total expenditure under the Scheme.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
- Attendance at worksites is captured through a face authentication-based attendance mechanism.
- Wages are paid weekly, or in any case within fifteen days of closure of the muster roll, by Direct Benefit Transfer into individual bank or post office accounts.
- Every worksite must provide safe drinking water, shade for children and for rest, and a first aid box.
- Material expenditure at the district level shall not exceed sixty per cent of the total expenditure under the Scheme.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 4 only
Q7. Which one of the following correctly describes the position of VB–G RAM G in the Union Budget for 2026-27?
- A. ₹1,51,000 crore as the Central share, amounting to about 23% of the Department's allocation
- B. ₹54,917 crore as the Central share, ranking second only to PMAY-G in the Department
- C. ₹95,692.31 crore as the Central share, amounting to about 40% of the Department's allocation
- D. ₹95,692.31 crore as the total outlay including the State share, about 63% of the Department's allocation
Q8. Consider the following pairs of rural development programmes and their allocations in the Union Budget 2026-27:
1. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin — about ₹54,917 crore
2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — about ₹19,000 crore
3. National Rural Livelihoods Mission — about ₹95,692 crore
4. VB–G RAM G — total programme outlay, including the State share, expected to exceed ₹1.51 lakh crore
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly matched?
- Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin — about ₹54,917 crore
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — about ₹19,000 crore
- National Rural Livelihoods Mission — about ₹95,692 crore
- VB–G RAM G — total programme outlay, including the State share, expected to exceed ₹1.51 lakh crore
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 3 only
- D. 1, 3 and 4
Q9. Where employment is not provided within fifteen days of the demand, the unemployment allowance payable under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 is at which one of the following rates?
- A. One-half of the notified wage rate for the first thirty days and one-fourth for the remaining period
- B. One-fourth of the notified wage rate for the first thirty days and one-half for the remaining period
- C. One-third of the notified wage rate for the first sixty days and one-half for the remaining period
- D. One-fourth of the notified wage rate for the first sixty days and three-fourths for the remaining period
Q10. Consider the following statements comparing the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 with MGNREGA, 2005:
1. Like its predecessor, it retains the statutory right to demand work and the entitlement to unemployment allowance where employment is not provided within fifteen days.
2. It raises the guarantee to 125 days, but during the aggregated pause period of up to sixty days notified by a State the guarantee stands suspended and is correspondingly reduced to 100 days for that year.
3. Unlike its predecessor, it is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, with States bearing expenditure in excess of the centrally determined normative allocation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Like its predecessor, it retains the statutory right to demand work and the entitlement to unemployment allowance where employment is not provided within fifteen days.
- It raises the guarantee to 125 days, but during the aggregated pause period of up to sixty days notified by a State the guarantee stands suspended and is correspondingly reduced to 100 days for that year.
- Unlike its predecessor, it is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, with States bearing expenditure in excess of the centrally determined normative allocation.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q11. Consider the following statements about the reorientation of objectives under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025:
1. The central and State Employment Guarantee Councils of the earlier law have been abolished, the National Level Steering Committee becoming the sole oversight body.
2. Permissible works under Schedule I are grouped under four thematic domains — water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and mitigation of extreme weather events.
3. Skill Development Centres, Rural Libraries and Digital Learning Centres are among the community assets that may be created under the Act.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The central and State Employment Guarantee Councils of the earlier law have been abolished, the National Level Steering Committee becoming the sole oversight body.
- Permissible works under Schedule I are grouped under four thematic domains — water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure, and mitigation of extreme weather events.
- Skill Development Centres, Rural Libraries and Digital Learning Centres are among the community assets that may be created under the Act.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q12. Consider the following statements regarding the rollout of the VB–G RAM G Scheme in July 2026:
1. The Act came into force across rural India with effect from 1 July 2026.
2. At the time of the rollout, all 36 States and Union Territories had notified their State VB–G RAM G Schemes, though none had yet made budgetary provision for it.
3. The national launch of the Scheme was held on 2 July 2026 at Mukkavaripalli village in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
4. Wage payments under the Scheme are routed through the National Electronic Fund Management System with Direct Benefit Transfer into workers' accounts.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
- The Act came into force across rural India with effect from 1 July 2026.
- At the time of the rollout, all 36 States and Union Territories had notified their State VB–G RAM G Schemes, though none had yet made budgetary provision for it.
- The national launch of the Scheme was held on 2 July 2026 at Mukkavaripalli village in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
- Wage payments under the Scheme are routed through the National Electronic Fund Management System with Direct Benefit Transfer into workers' accounts.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 only
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 3 and 4