From MGNREGA To VB-G RAM G (Proposed) Act, 2025: A Critical Evaluation Of India’s Emerging Rural Employment Framework
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Milana S., Undergraduate Student, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), VIT School of Law (VITSOL), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Zoya Hafiz, Undergraduate Student, B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), VIT School of Law (VITSOL), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
Dr. Saji Sivan S, Assistant Professor of Law, VIT School of Law (VITSOL), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
ABSTRACT
Rural employment and Rural development are two identical concepts which has been need of the country to uplift the weaker and marginalized sections of the society. The transformation from seasonal agriculture-based work to employment that guarantees specified work days and wages in a service led economy has been witnessed in India with various schemes and framework often reflecting country’s welfare goals and policies with relocation of labour and capital for the structural growth. The scheme MGNREGA, which is universal and non-targeted design created to enhance the livelihood of rural households creating a largest work programme in the world playing a vital role in income security, social protection, poverty alienation. However, the recent protests, policy changeover and renaming of the MGNREGA scheme has sparked debates over the country. The restructuring of the employment scheme to a broader vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’ under the proposed framework of VB-G RAM G framework suggested by the Union. This paper focuses on the current issue and examines how the transition from MGNREGA to VB- G RAM G would have its effects on the existing employment problems across the country and stats’s responsibility in guaranteeing work and occupation. The paper focuses on doctrinal methodology and analyses the implications of this shift legally and socio-economically by using statutory provisions, policy documents, parliamentary materials and media reports.
KEYWORDS: MGNREGA, Rural employment, Rural migration, Rural governance, Wage employment.
