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Rural employment and livelihoods

The rural employment guarantee, its funding and its successor, and the schemes that carry rural livelihoods.

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From MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G: the new rural employment guarantee

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LeadPrelims and Mains1 Jul 2026

  • 125days of work guaranteed to a rural household in a year, from 100
  • ₹300the new floor wage a day; the national average notified wage is ₹327.4, up 28.6 rupees or over 10 per cent; Sikkim's high altitude panchayats have the highest rate at ₹450
  • 60:40the sharing of wages and materials between the Centre and most States, 90:10 for the north eastern and Himalayan States; the Centre paid the whole unskilled wage under the old Act

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