India
Centre sets 15-day rural job grievance deadline
The Hindu·
The Centre notified grievance redressal rules under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, on November 2, 2026. Complaints about the rural employment scheme must be resolved within 15 days. State governments must create a three-tier system at gram panchayat, block and district levels. An enquiry into each grievance must finish within seven working days of receipt.
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What It Means For You
- Complainants can file in person, by speed post, digital platform, helpline or other state modes.
- No complaint may be refused for format, language or procedural gaps.
- Unresolved cases escalate after 15 days and stay on electronic monitoring until closed.
What's Happening
- The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Grievance Redressal Rules, 2026.
- Designated officers at each tier must receive, register, enquire into and dispose of complaints.
- Physical complaints must be entered on the digital platform the same day or the next working day.
How the new ladder works
- Acknowledgement must include a registration number, date of receipt and the receiving authority.
- Officers may call for records and hear the complainant in person or electronically.
- A district programme coordinator oversees district-level redressal under the notified rules.
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