The grand illusion of zero growth

Why are our intellectuals so bankrupt? One leading NAC member, Jean Dreze, documents how the Congress’s flagship anti-poverty employment program NREGA is a “loot for work” program; loot for the administrators of the program, the middlemen and politicians. His proposed remedy? A concentrated expansion of the programme — propelled by the smug belief that since a Gandhian is involved, corruption would be eliminated.

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