NEW DELHI, May 11 -- The Centre on Monday announced that the new Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Rural Development, the Act will come into force in all states and Union Territories on July 1.
In another notification, the ministry stated that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) will be repealed and replaced by the new Act.
It assured that the transition from MGNREGA to the new framework would be seamless and without disruption to workers.
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