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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.
For whom: Adults (18 and over) in rural households in Telangana who are willing to do unskilled manual work.
Published on 30-10-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.
Answer a few questions to see which steps apply to you. The whole guide is below.

Documents you need

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Household members' names and ages, and your address
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A household means family members related by blood, marriage or adoption who normally live together and share meals or hold a common ration card.
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Each adult's Aadhaar number (if they have one)
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The card records each registered adult's Aadhaar number, if any.
If you don't have it:
→ Getting a new Aadhaar
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Each adult's bank or post office savings account
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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.
→ Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)
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Each adult's photo
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The card carries a photo of each registered adult.
📷 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.
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Your job card
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The new Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card, or the old MGNREGA job card with e-KYC done.
If you don't have it:
Given by the Gram Panchayat (see the steps above).

Steps

Only if
Does your household already have a job card? No
1.
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.
🏛️ Gram Panchayat office
📎 Household members' names and ages, and your address, Each adult's Aadhaar number (if they have one), Each adult's bank or post office savings account, Each adult's photo
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.
2.
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.
🏛️ Gram Panchayat office
⏱️ within 15 days · from the day the application is received
Only if
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? Yes
3.
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.
🏛️ Gram Panchayat office
📎 Your job card
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.
Only if
Does your household already have a job card? Yes, the old MGNREGA job card
4.
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.
🏛️ Gram Panchayat office
📎 Your job card, Each adult's Aadhaar number (if they have one)
For everyone
5.
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.
🏛️ Gram Panchayat or MPDO office
📎 Your job card
6.
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).
🏛️ Gram Panchayat / MPDO office
⏱️ within 15 days · 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.
7.
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.
🏛️ Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO) office
📎 Your job card
⏱️ within 15 days · 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.
8.
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.
✋ At the worksite
📎 Each adult's bank or post office savings account
⏱️ within 15 days · from the day the muster roll closes
9.
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.
✋ At the worksite
10.
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.
✋ You do this yourself
📎 Your job card

You cannot get this

The VB-G RAM G Act (2025) and Telangana's scheme (G.O.Ms.No.20 of 2026) are for households living in rural areas; they say nothing about Indian citizens living abroad. Before applying, ask at your Gram Panchayat or the Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to Indian citizens living abroad; only that office can tell you.

You cannot get this

The VB-G RAM G Act (2025) and Telangana's scheme (G.O.Ms.No.20 of 2026) do not mention OCI cardholders. Under the Ministry of Home Affairs notification S.O. 1050(E) of 4 March 2021, an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen, and in fields the notification does not name has the same rights as a foreigner. Before applying, ask at your Gram Panchayat or the Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to OCI cardholders; only that office can tell you.

You cannot get this

The VB-G RAM G Act (2025) and Telangana's scheme (G.O.Ms.No.20 of 2026) do not mention foreign nationals. Before applying, ask at your Gram Panchayat or the Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO).
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this applies to foreign nationals; only that office can tell you.

You cannot get this

The Act and Telangana's scheme cover only notified rural areas; households living in towns and cities are not covered. If you are not sure whether your area counts as rural, ask the MPDO.

Fees and time limits

Step 2
⏱️ within 15 days · from the day the application is received
Step 6
⏱️ within 15 days · from your application, or from the date you asked for in an advance application
Step 7
⏱️ within 15 days · from the day the allowance falls due
Step 8
⏱️ within 15 days · from the day the muster roll closes

If something goes wrong

If it is rejected
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 ↗
rdcallcentre.telangana.gov.in · opens in a new tab
📞 18002001001
If it is late
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 upfront. 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 ↗
rdcallcentre.telangana.gov.in · opens in a new tab
📞 18002001001
Also
Each district must have an Ombudsperson who receives complaints about the scheme, enquires and issues awards. Ask the MPDO's office, or call 1800-200-1001, for your district's Ombudsperson.
District Ombudsperson
📞 18002001001
Not confirmed: The 'Ombuds Persons' page on the Rural Development Call Center site sent us back to its home page; we did not see the list of Telangana's district ombudspersons.

Related guides

→ Opening a bank account (Jan Dhan / zero-balance account)→ Post office savings account, and India Post Payments Bank account→ Linking Aadhaar to your bank account (DBT seeding)→ Getting a new Aadhaar→ e-Shram card (unorganised workers' registration)→ PM Jeevan Jyoti and Suraksha Bima (PMJJBY, PMSBY)→ Complaint about unpaid wages or pay below the minimum wage→ Disability certificate (UDID / SADAREM)
Updated on 30-10-2026
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