New Delhi, July 1 -- The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, will come into force on July 1, with the Centre on Tuesday notifying revised wage rates under the new rural employment guarantee scheme. VB-G RAM G, which replaced MGNREGA. It guarantees 125 days of unskilled manual wage employment annually per eligible rural household.

According to the notification, the revised national average wage has now increased from Rs.298.8 per day under MGNREGA to Rs.327.4 per day under VB-G RAM G, an average increase of Rs.28.6 per day.

The Ministry of Rural Development said the revised wage rates, effective from July 1, have been increased across all 34 states, Union Territories and wage regions.

It said a ne...