The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025. The bill has reframed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with an employment guarantee scheme.

As reported by news agency ANI, the Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had earlier introduced the bill during the ongoing Parliament Winter Session, further moved it for consideration and passing.