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Economist Jean Dreze briefly held for poll code breach

Noted economist Jean Dreze and another person were on Thursday taken into preventive custody for violating the model code of conduct by organising a meeting without permission in Jharkhand's Garhwa......

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......

Nationwide Stir Against Scrapping MGNREGA

IMAGE: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and other Opposition MPs protest over the MGNREGA issue at Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament premises, December 16, 2025. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI......

'G-RAM-G Is A Work Guarantee Without Any Guarantee'

'A work guarantee that can be switched off at will is no guarantee at all.' IMAGE: TMC MPs protest over the MGNREGA issue outside Parliament, December 19, 2025. All photographs: ANI Photo The......

New Rural Jobs Bill Sparks International Concern

'Previously, contributing only 25 per cent of material costs, states now face burdens of 40 per cent to 100 per cent of total costs, ensuring poorer states will curb project approvals, directly......

Modi's $5 trn economy is a useless target: Jean Dreze

'The function of this target is to pander to the super-power ambitions of the Indian elite.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India might be heading towards a "serious livelihood crisis" as......

Duflo, Rajan, Dreze on TN economic panel to advise CM

An economic advisory council to the chief minister would be constituted with leading experts, including Nobel laureate Prof Esther Duflo, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit said in Chennai on......

Political will or political funding?

In an article entitled "Loot for Work Programme" (The Times of India, July 2, 2005), National Economic Council member and prime designer of the Employment Guarantee Scheme Jean Dreze reports on a......

Jobs guarantee Bill diluted

Noted economist Jean Dreze on Friday said the Employment Guarantee Bill, which aimed to provide 100 days of employment a year to a member of every household, had been watered down. Dreze is one of......

Bihar and India's uncertain glory

Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze advocate stronger laws to improve basic education but believe that public scepticism and media criticism of corruption in such schemes are misplaced, says Sunil......

Jean Dreze

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Economist Jean Dreze briefly held for poll code breach

Lok Sabha elections as good as rigged: Jean Dreze

Nationwide Stir Against Scrapping MGNREGA

'G-RAM-G Is A Work Guarantee Without Any Guarantee'

New Rural Jobs Bill Sparks International Concern

Modi's $5 trn economy is a useless target: Jean Dreze

Duflo, Rajan, Dreze on TN economic panel to advise CM

Political will or political funding?

Jobs guarantee Bill diluted

Bihar and India's uncertain glory

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