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Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Jean Dreze

Development economist Jean Dreze said the Indian democracy is currently navigating a crisis that is not only limited to the 'recent wave of authoritarianism' but also suppression of opposition......

Raghuvansh Singh: An astute lawmaker

It was under his stewardship of the Union Rural Development Ministry that NREGA, the flagship rural livelihood scheme, was implemented. IMAGE: Notwithstanding his political successes,......

Day after quitting RJD, Raghuvansh reaches out to Nitish

After exiting the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Thursday, former Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wrote to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar seeking extension of MGNREGA benefits to the farm......

End of an era in Bihar politics

It is now a different time in Bihar. It is a different place -- one in which Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's options are very limited, notes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, PhD, who......

'Not one rupee has come to states to fight COVID'

'The stimulus packages, sector reliefs, loans etc are coming to industry, but state governments have not got any money from GST, no money from excise, no money from any income source.' IMAGE:......

'We are closing loopholes exploited by highest level of taxpayers'

'...Market-linked debentures, high-value insurance, exemptions from capital gains by investment in real estate, etc.''So, there are a number of measures directed at collecting a fair share from......

10 years on, Modi govt hails MGNREGA as 'national pride'

The praise comes a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it a 'monument of UPA's failures'. Barely a year after criticising the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act......

India's very popular rural employment scheme faces tough times

Under the MGNREGA, employment has to be provided for a minimum 100 days and unemployment allowance if work is not made available. Labourers work on a dried lake to try and revive it under the......

Sharpest-ever fund cut for rural job scheme

Between April and September 2014, the central govt released Rs 13,618 cr to states, against Rs 24,676 cr in the same period last year. The Union government has severely cut the funds for Mahatma......

In a big blunder, Bihar gives 2 job cards to 20 lakh

In a first of its kind in the country, more than 20 lakh people, mostly labourers, have been issued two job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act schemes in Bihar......

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Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Jean Dreze

Raghuvansh Singh: An astute lawmaker

Day after quitting RJD, Raghuvansh reaches out to Nitish

End of an era in Bihar politics

'Not one rupee has come to states to fight COVID'

'We are closing loopholes exploited by highest level of taxpayers'

10 years on, Modi govt hails MGNREGA as 'national pride'

India's very popular rural employment scheme faces tough times

Sharpest-ever fund cut for rural job scheme

In a big blunder, Bihar gives 2 job cards to 20 lakh

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