VB-G RAM G guides

Every page is written from the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 and Ministry of Rural Development documents. Where something is not officially documented, we say so.

• GRG card: what it is, how to get one, and how long old job cards stay validThe Gramin Rozgar Guarantee (GRG) card has replaced the MGNREGA job card. What the card holds, how to apply at the gram panchayat, how long it lasts and what happens to e-KYC'd job cards.
• VB-G RAM G payment status: when wages are due and how to checkWhich account wages go to, how many days they may take, the compensation for late payment, and where to find out about your own payment.
• The 125-day guarantee, unemployment allowance and how to complainHow to ask for work under VB-G RAM G, the unemployment allowance if work does not come in 15 days, worksite rights, and the grievance process with its deadlines.
• MGNREGA vs VB-G RAM G: what changed on 1 July 2026125 days instead of 100, a ₹300 wage floor, GRG cards instead of job cards, a 60-day farm-season pause and new fund sharing. What changed and what stayed the same.