VB-G RAM G rural employment scheme rolls out, Centre notifies Rs 300 base daily wage

The Union government on Tuesday notified revised wage rates under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin Act, which came into effect on Wednesday. The VB-G Ram G Act replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

The government set the interim base wage at Rs 300 per day. This is the first time a wage floor has been set under the national rural employment guarantee programme.

The national average notified wage was increased 9.5% to Rs 327.4 per day under VB-G Ram G Act from Rs 298.8 per day under MGNREGA, the Hindustan Times reported.