Government Schemes and Policy · 20 December 2025

Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 raises guaranteed employment days to 125

Exam-focused facts from the 20 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • The Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 which repeals MGNREGA and increases guaranteed employment from 100 to 125 days.
  • Centre will now fund 60% of all scheme costs and states 40%; states must bear any expenditure above the centrally fixed normative allocation.
  • The Bill removes Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the rural job guarantee scheme and restructures funding so that the Centre no longer covers 90% of wages as under MGNREGA.

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