Why is it in News?
→ A new employment guarantee law expanded rural employment rights.
→ It aligned employment generation with Viksit Bharat vision.
Important Points:
- Statutory employment guarantee expanded to 125 days.
- Gram Sabha-led planning introduced through VGPPs.
- Bottom-up planning institutionalised at Panchayat level.
- VGPPs aggregated into Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack (VBNRIS).
- District and State consolidation of rural infrastructure proposals enabled.
- Focus on durable asset creation.
- Employment aligned with Viksit Bharat @2047 vision.
- Shift from welfare to resilience-oriented development.