Haryana Govt links rural employment scheme with school development
Education officials told to identify priority infrastructure works in rural areas
The state government has initiated steps to converge school infrastructure development with works being undertaken under the Centre’s Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) that is called VB-G RAM G scheme (formerly MGNREGA).
In a communication issued on Tuesday, the Directorate of School Education has asked all District Education Officers (DEOs) and District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs) to coordinate with the District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) for effective implementation of identified works under the scheme.
“Officials have been directed to identify suitable works on a priority basis and prepare plans for their effective implementation. They have also been asked to establish coordination with the Chief Executive Officers of DRDAs and ensure that the identified works are taken up according to their priority and local requirements,” said an official.
He maintained that the move is aimed at improving basic facilities in government schools while creating employment opportunities for people in rural areas. Better school infrastructure, coupled with employment generation, would contribute to a broader rural development approach and support the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the official added.
In the communication, the department said the Parliament had passed the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The new legislation provides a statutory guarantee of up to 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to rural households whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The department has also highlighted the potential of the scheme to simultaneously create employment opportunities for rural residents and improve educational infrastructure in villages.
The Ministry of Rural Development has shared an interim list of permissible works from among 318 approved categories that can be taken up in convergence with the School Education Department.
The identified works include community plantation, construction of fodder collection pits, and community soak pits. Other works directly linked to government schools include construction, repair and maintenance of community rooftop rainwater harvesting structures, community toilets, boundary walls, kitchen sheds, additional classrooms, playgrounds and laboratories.
