Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma joined the national launch of the Viksit Bharat Rozgar Evam Aajivika Mission (Rural) Guarantee Yojana via video conference from the Masuda Krishi Upaj Mandi in Beawar district on Friday, 3 July 2026. The national launch event was addressed in person by Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Minister's Office of Rajasthan announced the event, with CM Sharma simultaneously presiding over the state-level public convention and launch of the VBG Ram Ji Yojana from Beawar.

What Was Announced

Addressing the gathering, CM Sharma said the VBG Ram Ji Yojana was conceived from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for rural prosperity, stating: 'gaon ko viksit banakar hi Bharat ko viksit banaya ja sakta hai' (India can be developed only by developing its villages). On the occasion, the Chief Minister distributed Rural Employment Guarantee Cards to two beneficiaries under the VBG Ram Ji Yojana.

Women members of self-help groups — referred to as SHG deedis — received credit linkage cheques worth Rs 3.31 crore routed through various banks. Additionally, loan cheques amounting to Rs 1.16 crore were distributed under various schemes of Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi to SHG members. CM Sharma also laid the foundation stones for development works valued at approximately Rs 424 crore in the region.

Context

The Viksit Bharat Rozgar Evam Aajivika Mission (Rural) Guarantee Yojana is a central government scheme aimed at guaranteeing rural employment and livelihoods in alignment with the Viksit Bharat 2047 goal. Its national launch from Tirupati by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan — a former four-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh — signals the Centre's push to roll out the scheme simultaneously across states through federal coordination mechanisms.

The simultaneous VC-linked state events reflect a standard federal implementation model that has been used since the 2000s to ensure political visibility and administrative alignment across multiple states on the same day.

Policy Backdrop

India's rural employment guarantee architecture has evolved over two decades. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted in 2005, established the foundational guarantee of at least 100 days of wage employment per rural household per year. The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), launched in 2011, layered self-help group formation and credit linkage on top of that base.

Rajasthan has implemented successive iterations of SHG credit linkage programmes under NRLM since 2011. The Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi, a state-level initiative, provides dedicated credit and financial support to women's SHGs, and its inclusion in Friday's event underscores the BJP government's focus on women's financial inclusion as a complement to employment guarantees.

Stakeholders and Impact

The primary beneficiaries are rural households in Beawar district and, by extension, across Rajasthan who will be enrolled under the rural employment guarantee scheme. Women SHG members stand to gain through both the credit linkage of Rs 3.31 crore via banks and the Rs 1.16 crore in loans under Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi schemes disbursed at the event.

The Rs 424 crore in development works whose foundation stones were laid on Friday are expected to generate local construction employment and improve rural infrastructure in the Beawar region. Policymakers and district administration officials will now be responsible for tracking beneficiary registration and utilisation of sanctioned funds.

What's Next

State-level coverage targets and beneficiary registration numbers under the new central rural guarantee scheme will be closely watched in the coming weeks. The utilisation of the Rs 424 crore sanctioned for development works in Beawar and the pace of SHG credit linkage disbursements across other Rajasthan districts will serve as early indicators of on-ground implementation. The BJP government in Rajasthan, which took office in December 2023, is likely to use scheme rollouts such as this to demonstrate rural welfare delivery ahead of future electoral cycles.