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'Democratic functioning, parliamentary scrutiny, being undermined'

"While some commentators have been heralding the recent session of Parliament as very productive (external link), what is disturbing is that none was sent to a parliamentary committee......

Why 100 million Indians are left out of the food ration system

A recent study shows that more than 100 million people are excluded from the public distribution system because the central government insists on using 2011 population figures to calculate......

5 reasons to be wary of Aadhaar

Not only is your privacy stripped stark naked, says Mitali Saran, the system itself is illegal and vulnerable.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Indians have serious red tape PTSD. We live with......

UPA undermining NREGA, say activists

Social activists have alleged that the UPA government is undermining the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by modifying several provisions in the law. The concerns were raised by activists......

India's ration story: Mounting stocks but hungry mouths

A study by eminent economists, by Jean Drèze, Reetika Khera and Meghana Mungikar released few days back shows that more than 100 million people are excluded from the PDS because the central......

Aadhaar-based PDS reforms fail the last-mile test

Last-mile verification with Aadhaar-Based Biometric Authentication have the worst record among other options available to check PDS pilferage. So the Centre’s insistence on that option......

Will MGNREGA end up subsidising private farm labour?

In case MGNREGA is expanded, officials said the total expenditure on farming-related works could reach up to 80 per cent of MGNREGA budget, as against the current 67 per cent. The......

'Stagnation in real wages is the surest sign of rural slowdown'

The implication of a slowdown in the financial services sector are very different (eg, likely to affect fewer people directly, and even that affecting those at the top of the income distribution)......

Reetika Khera

News for Reetika Khera

'Democratic functioning, parliamentary scrutiny, being undermined'

Why 100 million Indians are left out of the food ration system

5 reasons to be wary of Aadhaar

UPA undermining NREGA, say activists

India's ration story: Mounting stocks but hungry mouths

Aadhaar-based PDS reforms fail the last-mile test

Will MGNREGA end up subsidising private farm labour?

'Stagnation in real wages is the surest sign of rural slowdown'

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