The proposed reforms to MGNREGA under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 seek to strengthen rural employment and enhance transparency.
Although initiatives such as digitisation, asset creation, and improved accountability are positive steps, long-standing challenges”including delayed wage payments, limited availability of work, and digital exclusion”continue to undermine the scheme’s effectiveness for rural workers.
Technology-led reforms must therefore be complemented by robust institutional capacity and greater awareness at the local level. Unless these ground realities are addressed, policy objectives may fail to deliver tangible benefits.
A people-centric approach, supported by timely and effective grievance redressal, is crucial to ensure that MGNREGA continues to function as a reliable safety net for rural India.
