The Central Government renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.

Alongside the name change, the government increased the minimum guaranteed employment under the scheme to 125 days and revised the minimum wage to Rs 240 per day.

The scheme, first introduced in 2005 as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), later became MGNREGA. Built on the principle of ensuring the “right to work,” it remains one of India’s most significant social security initiatives. Its core objective is to enhance livelihood security for unskilled rural households.

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Under the earlier framework, the programme mandated at least

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