Srinagar, June 25 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration has notified the Jammu Kashmir Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM-G] Scheme, 2026, which will replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) programme in the Union Territory from July 1.

The scheme was notified by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha under the provisions of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, and will be implemented across all notified rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

Under the new framework, every eligible rural household willing to undertake unskilled manual work will be entitled to 125 days of wage employment annually, an increase from the 100-day guar...