New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- The Central government will introduced the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with an employment guarantee scheme.

The Centre will introduce the Bill in the Lok Sabh, which, if passed, will reframe MGNREGA to transform rural development and provide statutory wage-employment guarantees to rural households.

The Bill envisions aligning rural development with the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision focusing on empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation to build a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat

Under the Bill, public works will be aggregated to form the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructur...