01280nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100004300060245005100103260003400154300003400188520076200222773003400984942000701018952010901025  c533234d533234260430b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDreze, Jean and  Khera, Reetika960351  aEmployment guarantee: Repeal in lieu of repair  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(15), Apr 11, 2026: p.23-26  aIndia’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was the outcome of a sustained deliberative process that gave it some mettle. Within a few years, the act became a lifeline for the rural poor with wide-ranging benefits. Later on, however, interlinked problems of erratic payments, centralisation, technocracy and corruption undermined the programme. The Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, rushed through Parliament last December to replace MGNREGA, defuses the employment guarantee without addressing any of these implementation issues. Perhaps the time has come for state governments to consider framing their own employment guarantee acts.-Reproduced 

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