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Increase rural employment guarantee to 150 days
Promised in the manifesto
The rural employment guarantee scheme will be raised to 150 days.
From the manifesto: Inbam (Joy) › 9. World-Class Infrastructure › C. Rural Development, see page 81
Where it standsFormal order
Formal order on 29 Jun 2026.
The government ordered a guarantee of 125 days of work a year; the budget sets aside money for 25 more days for vulnerable households.
So far
Additional 25 days for vulnerable households completing 125 days of work
Not yet seen
The 150-day guarantee is currently limited to specific vulnerable households rather than all rural households.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 25 Sep 2026 · Government orderG.O.(Ms) No.151 (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department)
- The government grants administrative sanction to provide an additional 25 days of employment to vulnerable households who have completed 125 days under the Vb-G Ram G scheme.
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speechRevised Budget speech 2026-27, page 67
- The Government will implement an initiative named 'Vetri 150', bearing an expenditure of Rs.100 crore per annum to provide an additional 25 days of employment to vulnerable and needy households who complete 125 days of employment, ensuring 150 days of work.
- 29 Jun 2026 · Government orderG.O.(Ms) No.114 (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department)
- The government guarantees 125 days of employment in a financial year to rural households whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work.
- The government guarantees 125 days of employment per household under the scheme.
Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.
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