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Rural job card and asking for work (VB-G RAM G, formerly MGNREGA)

From 1 July 2026, VB-G RAM G replaced MGNREGA: how to get the new job card (Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card), ask for work, and what to do if work or wages do not come.

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Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.

Where:At the office

For whom: Adults (18 and over) in rural households in Telangana who are willing to do unskilled manual work.

1Your situation

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Which of these is the person applying?
Does your household live in a village (under a Gram Panchayat)?
Does your household already have a job card?
Is anyone in your household who will work a single woman, a person with a disability, over 60, a released bonded labourer, from a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), or a transgender person?

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2Documents you need

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  • Details

    A household means family members related by blood, marriage or adoption who normally live together and share meals or hold a common ration card.

    Sources: 1, 6

  • If you don't have it: → Getting a new Aadhaar
    Details

    The card records each registered adult's Aadhaar number, if any.

    Sources: 1, 6

  • If you don't have it: → Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
    Details

    An account in the worker's own name. Wages are paid straight into it.

    If you don't have it: A post office savings account also works.

    Sources: 1, 6, 3

  • Details
    What the photo must look like

      Not confirmed: The Act and Telangana's scheme say the card carries photos, but give no size and do not say whether you bring them or the Gram Panchayat takes them. Ask at the Gram Panchayat.

      The card carries a photo of each registered adult.

      Sources: 1, 6

    • Details

      The new Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card.

      Sources: 1

    • Details

      The old MGNREGA job card with e-KYC done.

      Sources: 3

      3Your steps

      · Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.

      If something goes wrong
      1. Do this now

        An adult (18 or over) from your household goes to the Gram Panchayat, gives the names and ages of the household members and your address, and asks to register the household for a Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card.

        Households without an old MGNREGA job card register this way.

        Where
        Gram Panchayat office
        Not confirmed

        The Act and Telangana's scheme name no form and no fee for registering, and do not list papers to bring. The card carries each adult's photo, bank or post office account number and Aadhaar number (if any), so take those. Ask the Gram Panchayat what else it needs.

        Sources: 1, 6, 3, 4

      2. Do this now

        The Gram Panchayat must enquire and give you the card within 15 days.

        It shows the card number and, for each registered adult, their details, photo, bank or post office account number, insurance policy number and Aadhaar number (if any). The card is valid for 3 years and can then be renewed after verification. It can be cancelled only if it is a duplicate, if the whole household has moved away for good, or if all its adults have died.

        Where
        Gram Panchayat office
        Time limit
        from the day the application is received

        Sources: 1, 6

      3. Do this now

        The MGNREGA Act was repealed from 1 July 2026.

        Old job cards with e-KYC done stay valid until new cards are issued. Ask at the Gram Panchayat whether e-KYC is done for every adult on your card, and if not, get it done. Work must not be refused only because e-KYC is pending; e-KYC can also be done at the worksite.

        Where
        Gram Panchayat office

        Sources: 2, 3, 4

      4. Do this now

        Ask the Gram Panchayat for the Special Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card, in a different colour, for a single woman, a person with a disability, a person over 60, a released bonded labourer, a PVTG member or a transgender person.

        It gives special protection in the work given, how work is measured, and worksite facilities.

        Where
        Gram Panchayat office
        Not confirmed

        The rules we read do not say what proof (for example a disability certificate) the special card needs. Ask at the Gram Panchayat.

        Sources: 1, 6

      5. Do this now

        Ask for work: any adult named on the card can apply orally or in writing (on Form 6, as before) to the ward member, the Gram Panchayat, the Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO, the Programme Officer) or through digital platforms.

        You can apply alone or as a group, normally for at least 6 days of continuous work, and you can apply in advance. Every application must be registered and a dated receipt given: ask for the receipt.

        Where
        Gram Panchayat or MPDO office

        Sources: 1, 6, 3, 4

      6. Do this now

        Work must be given within 15 days of your application (or from the date you asked for, if you applied in advance).

        You are told by letter or by a notice at the panchayat office, and the list of people given work goes on the Gram Panchayat notice board. As far as possible, work is within 5 km of your village; if it is farther, you get 10% extra wages. Each spell of work is at least 6 days, and not more than 6 days a week. No works run during the sowing and harvest periods the state notifies (60 days a year in all).

        Where
        Gram Panchayat / MPDO office
        Time limit
        from your application, or from the date you asked for in an advance application
        Not confirmed

        We did not find Telangana's notification of the sowing and harvest periods for 2026-27. Ask at the Gram Panchayat when works pause.

        Sources: 1, 6, 3

      7. Do this now

        If you get no work within 15 days, you are entitled to a daily unemployment allowance: at least a quarter of the wage rate for the first 30 days in the financial year, and at least half after that.

        The MPDO (Programme Officer) sanctions it, and it must be paid within 15 days of falling due. Ask the MPDO.

        Where
        Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO) office
        Time limit
        from the day the allowance falls due
        Not confirmed

        Under the Act the state sets the allowance rate by notification; Telangana's scheme repeats only these minimums. We did not find a Telangana rate notification.

        Sources: 1, 6, 3

      8. Do this now

        In Telangana, from 1 July 2026, the wage for unskilled work is ₹308 a day (the rate set by the Central Government).

        Attendance is taken daily at the worksite by biometric or face authentication. Wages go straight into your own bank or post office account, weekly or within a fortnight after the muster roll closes. If they are not paid within 15 days of the muster roll closing, you get delay compensation of 0.05% of the unpaid wages for each day of delay after the 16th day.

        Where
        At the worksite
        Time limit
        from the day the muster roll closes

        Sources: 5, 1, 6, 3, 4

      9. Do this now

        The worksite must have drinking water, shade for children, rest periods and a first-aid box.

        If 5 or more children under 5 come with the women workers, one woman is assigned to look after them and is paid the wage. If you are injured in an accident at work, treatment is free; if you must stay in hospital, you get a daily allowance of at least half the wage.

        Where
        At the worksite

        Sources: 1, 6, 3

      10. Do this now

        Check that your card records: the days you asked for work, the days given, the work and its muster roll number, measurements, wages paid by date, and any unemployment allowance or delay compensation paid.

        Each household is guaranteed 125 days of work in a financial year.

        Where
        You do this yourself

        Sources: 1, 6

      If something goes wrong

      If it is rejectedIf the Gram Panchayat does not register you, or does not give the card or work within 15 days, complain.

      If the Gram Panchayat does not register you, or does not give the card or work within 15 days, complain. A complaint about the Gram Panchayat goes to the MPDO (Programme Officer), who must settle it within 7 days. You can complain orally, in writing, by phone or online at ward, Gram Panchayat, mandal or district level; officials must be available to receive complaints on at least one fixed day a week. You get a dated acknowledgement; the enquiry takes up to 7 working days and the complaint must be settled within 15 days, or it moves up a level. Appeals: against the Gram Panchayat to the MPDO, against the MPDO to the District Collector (District Programme Coordinator), then to the state level; appeal within 45 days of the order, to be decided within 30 days. You can also register the complaint with Telangana's Rural Development Call Center on 1800-200-1001 or on its website (choose 'VBGRAMG'); it passes it to the officials and gives you a Problem ID.

      Rural Development Call Center (RDCC) · Open the official page

      18002001001

      Sources: 1, 6, 7, 8

      If it is lateIf wages are late, the computer system works out the delay compensation after the 16th day from the muster roll's closing, and the District Programme Coordinator and Programme Officer must pay it first and recover it later from whoever caused the delay.

      If wages are late, the computer system works out the delay compensation after the 16th day from the muster roll's closing, and the District Programme Coordinator and Programme Officer must pay it first and recover it later from whoever caused the delay. If wages or compensation do not come, complain to the MPDO, or register a complaint with the Rural Development Call Center on 1800-200-1001 ('Delay in payments (Wages)') and follow it under 'Know Your Status'.

      Rural Development Call Center (RDCC) · Open the official page

      18002001001

      Sources: 1, 6, 7, 8

      AlsoEach district must have an Ombudsperson who receives complaints about the scheme, enquires and issues awards.

      Each district must have an Ombudsperson who receives complaints about the scheme, enquires and issues awards. Ask the MPDO's office who your district's Ombudsperson is.

      District Ombudsperson

      Sources: 1, 6, 7

      Find the office in your district →

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      The 9 official pages and papers this guide is written from
      1. The Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 (No. 36 of 2025)Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1); copy on the Department of Rural Development's VB-G RAM G portal, Sections 2(a), 2(g) (adult, household), 5 (125 days, wages within a fortnight), 6 (60-day peak-season pause), 10 (wage rate), 11 (unemployment allowance), 23(5)–(6) (complaints to the Programme Officer, 7 days), 25; Schedule I paras 28–29 (grievance redressal, appeals, ombudsperson); Schedule II paras 1–7, 11 (card, special card, demand, allocation, worksite, welfare, wages). No condition on citizenship (21-12-2025) · read on 30-10-2026
      2. Notification S.O. 2382(E), 11 May 2026: the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 comes into force on 1 July 2026Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development), Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 2291) (11-05-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
      3. Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act, 2025: Frequently Asked QuestionsPress Information Bureau, Government of India (for the Ministry of Rural Development), Questions 2–3 (in force and MGNREGA repealed from 01/07/2026), 12 (existing job cards with e-KYC valid until new cards), 13–18, 20–24, 27–28 (11-05-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
      4. Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), 2025: VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 (backgrounder)Press Information Bureau, Government of India (for the Ministry of Rural Development), 'Enhanced Livelihood Guarantee and Worker-Centric Framework' (job cards, no denial for pending e-KYC, e-KYC at worksites, Form-6), 'Timely Wage Payments', 'Worksite Facilities' (11-05-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
      5. Notification S.O. 3518(E), 30 June 2026: wage rates for unskilled manual work under the VB-G RAM G Act, from 1 July 2026Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development), Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 3383), Schedule, serial 26: Telangana, Rs. 308.00 a day (30-06-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
      6. G.O.Ms.No.20, PR&RD (RD.I), 2 July 2026: "Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Scheme, Telangana"Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (RD.I) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana Gazette, Part VII Extraordinary, No. 36), Scheme in force from 1 July 2026 in notified rural areas; District Collector as District Programme Coordinator; MPDO as Programme Officer (mandal level); Chapter VI paras 15–17 (registration, card); Chapter VII paras 18–19 (demand, allocation); Chapter VIII–X (attendance, wages, delay compensation, unemployment allowance); Chapter XIII para 32 (peak seasons); Chapter XVIII paras 52–54 (grievances, appeals, ombudsperson). A scanned gazette, read by OCR. Opened from the RD Call Center site's VBGRAMG menu, 'Telangana Act' (02-07-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
      7. Rural Development Call Center: About RDCCDepartment of Rural Development, Government of Telangana (Rural Development Call Center), 'Reach Us: 1800-200-1001'; registers grievances, escalates them to officials, sends a 'Problem ID'; 'Know Your Status'; does not itself redress complaints · read on 30-10-2026
      8. Rural Development Call Center: online format for public grievances and complaintsDepartment of Rural Development, Government of Telangana (Rural Development Call Center), Scheme 'VBGRAMG'; problem types including 'Request for Job cards but not issued', 'Not issuing job cards', 'Delay in payments(Wages)', 'Non Payment of Wages' · read on 30-10-2026
      9. Notification S.O. 1050(E), 4 March 2021: rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholder, under section 7B(1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 962), Para (5) (in fields the notification does not name, an OCI cardholder has the same rights as a foreigner) and Explanation (1) (an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen) (04-03-2021) · read on 30-10-2026