--- title: "The 125-day guarantee, unemployment allowance and how to complain" url: "https://vbgramg.codingstark.com/en/jankari/125-din-guarantee/" canonical: "https://vbgramg.codingstark.com/en/jankari/125-din-guarantee/" updated: "2026-11-10" --- # The 125-day guarantee, unemployment allowance and how to complain How 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. The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 guarantees **at least 125 days of work in each financial year (April to March)** to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work (section 5). MGNREGA guaranteed 100. The guarantee is per **household**, not per member. ## Asking for work - Any adult named on the GRG card (or on an e-KYC'd old job card) can apply. - Apply **orally or in writing** to the ward member, gram panchayat, programme officer or anyone the state authorises, or through digital platforms. The Ministry says written applications use **the same Form 6 as before**. - Every application must be registered and you must get a **dated receipt**. Keep it: it is your proof for the allowance and for complaints. - Applications are normally for **at least six days of continuous work**. You can apply alone or as a group, and in advance. ## When and where work is given - Within **15 days** of the application. - As far as possible within **5 km of the village**. Work further away (but inside the block) pays **10% extra** for travel and living costs. - At least **one-third** of those given work should be women. - **Farm-season pause:** each state notifies in advance up to **60 days a year** in sowing and harvest seasons when no scheme works run (section 6). MGNREGA had no such rule. ## Unemployment allowance If work is not given within 15 days, you are entitled to a **daily unemployment allowance** (section 11). | Period (in the financial year) | At least | At ₹300/day | |---|---|---| | First 30 days | a quarter of the wage rate | ₹75 a day | | After that | half the wage rate | ₹150 a day | - The state notifies the actual rate; the figures above are the legal minimum. - The allowance must be paid within **15 days** of falling due. - It stops when the panchayat or programme officer directs you to report for work, when the period you asked for ends and nobody turned up, or when the household has had 125 days of work (or equivalent earnings) in the year. ## Your rights at the worksite - Safe drinking water, shade for children and rest periods, and a first-aid box. - If five or more children under five come with women workers, one woman is deputed to look after them and paid the wage rate. - Free medical treatment for injuries at work. If hospitalised: treatment, medicines and a daily allowance of at least half the wage rate. - Equal pay for women and men. - Attendance is by face authentication, with an exception process for network or device problems (PIB question 23). ## How to complain Under section 25 you can complain about: not getting work within 15 days, unpaid or late wages, unpaid unemployment allowance, missing worksite facilities, and discrimination or harassment. 1. **Where:** at the ward, gram panchayat, block or district level. Officials must be available to take complaints on at least **one fixed day each week**. Complaints can be oral, written, by phone or online. 2. **Acknowledgement:** you must get a **dated acknowledgement**. 3. **Deadlines:** enquiry within **7 working days**, resolution within **15 days**. Disputes about the gram panchayat go to the block programme officer (at least BDO rank), who must dispose of them in 7 days. 4. **Automatic escalation:** anything unresolved after 15 days moves to the next level through the MIS. 5. **Appeals:** gram panchayat → programme officer → district programme coordinator (the Collector) → state grievance redressal authority. File within **45 days** of the order; appeals must be decided within **30 days**. 6. **Ombudsperson:** each district gets an Ombudsperson, appointed by the state, who can take complaints and hold enquiries. We found no official national helpline number for the scheme, so we do not give one. Ask your block office for its complaint day and process. ## FAQ ### Are the 125 days per person or per household? Per household. Every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work is guaranteed at least 125 days in a financial year. ### How soon must work be given? Within 15 days of the application, or of the date work is sought in an advance application, whichever is later. ### What is the unemployment allowance if work does not come in 15 days? The state sets the rate, but it cannot be less than a quarter of the wage rate for the first 30 days in the year and half the wage rate after that. At ₹300 that is at least ₹75 and then ₹150 a day. ### Is work available all year? No. Each state notifies in advance up to 60 days in total, during sowing and harvest, when no works run under the scheme. ### How fast must a complaint be settled? Enquiry within 7 working days and resolution within 15 days. Anything unresolved after 15 days is escalated to the next level automatically. ## Sources - [VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, sections 5, 6, 11, 23, 25; Schedule I paras 28-29; Schedule II paras 2-5, India Code](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/22478/1/a2025-36.pdf) - [PIB: VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 FAQs, 11 May 2026](https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2026/may/doc2026511867701.pdf) - [PIB: VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 backgrounder, 11 May 2026](https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2026/may/doc2026511867601.pdf)