# Increase rural employment guarantee to 150 days

- ID: P09-C-02#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p09-c-02-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p09-c-02-1)
- Pillar: 9. World-Class Infrastructure
- Section: C. Rural Development
- Manifesto page: 81
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 25 Sep 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The rural employment guarantee scheme will be raised to 150 days.

## Where it stands

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 order · G.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. ([Open the document (Government order)](https://cms.tn.gov.in/cms_migrated/document/GO/rd_e_ms_151_2026.pdf))
- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised 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. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=67))
- 29 Jun 2026 · Government order · G.O.(Ms) No.114 (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department): The government guarantees 125 days of employment per household under the scheme. ([Open the document (Government order)](https://cms.tn.gov.in/cms_migrated/document/GO/rd_e_ms_114_2026.pdf))
- 29 Jun 2026 · Government order · G.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. ([Open the document (Government order)](https://cms.tn.gov.in/cms_migrated/document/GO/rd_e_ms_114_2026.pdf))

> 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.