NEW DELHI, JUL 2 (PTI): The Centre has notified three sets of rules under the VB-G RAM G Act, laying down the framework for the transition from MGNREGS, payment of wages and unemployment allowance, and expenditure beyond the Centre’s normative allocation, government sources said.
The rules, notified by the Ministry of Rural Development through separate Gazette notifications dated July 1, came into force from the date of their publication. The draft rules were issued in May and the government had invited feedback on them. The Transitional Provisions Rules provide for an orderly migration from MGNREGS to the new employment guarantee framework — Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025.
They require state governments to verify all liabilities under MGNREGS existing up to June 30, settle admissible dues and submit audited utilisation certificates within 180 days, extendable by another 90 days by the Centre for recorded reasons.
Centre will continue fund support for liabilities existing up to June 30, while allowing interim allocations to states until the final rules governing normative allocation are framed.
A second notification prescribes the manner of payment of wages and unemployment allowance under the VB-G RAM G Act. It mandates that all wage and unemployment allowance payments be made only through Direct Benefit Transfer into beneficiaries’ bank or post office accounts, prohibits cash payments except under extraordinary circumstances permitted by the Centre, and requires all payments to be processed electronically through scheme’s MIS or another notified digital platform.
Third notification lays down the procedure for expenditure beyond the Centre’s state-wise normative allocation and for funding UTs without legislatures.
It provides that Centre will bear the entire expenditure of the scheme in UTs without legislatures, while expenditure by states beyond the approved normative allocation must be captured through designated MIS.
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