The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB- G RAM G) Act 2025 , a landmark legislation for transforming rural India has been passed in the Parliament in December 2025 and subsequently came into force from 1st July 2026 in entire country. As per sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said act  the State Government has notified a Scheme, namely "Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Scheme, Odisha" effective from  1st July 2026 in the entire State.

The VB- G RAM G Scheme guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household in each financial year to such rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, contributing to income security. Employment creation is integrated with infrastructure development through four priority verticals:

5. Water security through water-related works
6. Core-rural infrastructure
7. Livelihood- related infrastructure
8. Special works to mitigate extreme weather events

Key Objectives

1. The primary objective of this Scheme is to align the rural development framework with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 by providing an enhanced statutory wage-employment guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days in each financial year to such rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, thereby enabling them to participate more effectively in the expanded livelihood security framework.
2. To focus on empowerment, growth, convergence and saturation through public works aggregating into forming Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack, with a thematic focus on water security through water-related works, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure and special works to mitigate extreme weather events.
3. To facilitate adequate farm-labour availability during peak agricultural seasons, and, in view of the wage-employment guarantee for the rural workforce.
4. To institutionalise convergence, saturation-driven planning and whole of government delivery through Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans, integrated with the PM Gati Shakti to address the varying needs of Gram Panchayats, powered by geospatial systems, digital public infrastructure, district and State planning mechanisms, with such plans aggregated at the Block, District, State and National levels.
5. To modernise governance, accountability and citizen engagement through a comprehensive digital ecosystem, including biometric authentication at various levels, global positioning system or mobile based worksite monitoring, real time management information system dashboards, proactive public disclosures and the use of Artificial Intelligence for planning, audits and fraud risk mitigation.