 Summary of this article
- The implementation of VB-G-RAM-G will start from April 1, 2026, current projects under the MNREGA providing employment haven’t halted according to the government stake-holders
- No provision for supplementary work demands exists unlike earlier after proposals and labour budgets are sanctioned.
- Labours, Sarpanch, Rojgar sevaks and other stakeholders remain vulnerable since new Act leaves no room for supplementary work demands
Boards with faded letters, yellowed surfaces, and peeling paint- carrying Mahatma Gandhi’s photo and project details of MGNREGA across villages will soon be history. From April 2026, the implementation of the new VB-G-RAM-G will begin.
Nisha Shilam, 20, migrant woman belonging to Katkari tribe was working at a brick kiln in Natambi village of Bhor Taluka, 50 km away from Pune. Shilam’s nine-month-old daughter is playing at a brick kiln in scorching heat. Shilam hardly gets any time to breastfeed her daughter. Migrating from Mahad taluka in Raigad, Shilim is employed as a brick kiln worker with wages Rs 200 a day, far below than MGNREGA wages of Rs. 312 for unskilled workers in Maharashtra.
Shilim and her colleague Ujjwala Waghmare, 30, another katkari woman originally hails from Mahad taluka of Raigad; are unaware of MGNREGA and job cards. Mahad is the constituency of Bharat Gogawale, cabinet minister for employment guarantee scheme popularly known as Rojgar Hami Yojana in Maharashtra.
Both Shilim and Waghmare, who come from Nandavi village in Mahad taluka, said they had never heard of guaranteed work under MGNREGA, raising a sharp question: who will actually receive the promised 125 days of employment under the new Act? Will diversity and inclusion of the most marginalised be assured with the 125 days work, for those already excluded from MGNREGA?
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