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Development economist and activist Jean Drèze said MGNREGA and RTI are social legislations. They are there to make the state accountable to the people. For these to work, they must be loaded in favour of the people. (File photo)

Jean Dreze on VB-G RAM G Bill: ‘It is like providing a work guarantee without any guarantee that the guarantee is in place’

December 17, 2025 10:55 pm

Jean Drèze suggests the proposed 60-day pause in the scheme during the peak agricultural seasons of sowing and harvesting is due to ‘pressure from some farmer lobbies’.

Missing buildings, shortage of classrooms, no toilets: Survey throws light on problems plaguing Bihar government schools

August 05, 2023 10:34 am

A survey under the guidance of noted economist Jean Dreze was held on 81 government schools in two Bihar districts to understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on schooling and learning.

Economist Dreze writes to Jharkhand CM on 'catastrophic state of elementary education'

January 28, 2022 1:43 pm

As the pandemic subsides, Dreze said, the economy is likely to pick up and adults will return relatively soon to their normal lives.

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Understanding of democracy is shrinking: Economist Jean Dreze after being detained in Jharkhand

March 29, 2019 5:30 am

DIG Palamu told The Indian Express: "They were holding a meeting on social issues and did not take permission from SDO. They were detained as Model Code of Conduct in place."

The new Luddites’ paranoia

May 29, 2018 12:18 am

Critics of Aadhaar are raising an alarm based on unfounded concerns.

India needs more inclusive, active social policies: Economist Jean Dreze

January 14, 2018 4:04 pm

Jean Dreze also expressed concern over widespread underemployment and stagnating wages, which according to him, reflected 'lopsidedness of economic growth in India.'

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Chhattisgarh: Jean Dreze wife threatened, told to leave Bastar

March 29, 2016 6:51 am

The incident comes soon after the Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group and Malini Subramaniam, a journalist with the website Scroll.in, were forced to leave Bastar after being harassed and threatened.

Aadhaar, the spectre

March 30, 2015 12:10 am

Jean Drèze’s question ‘Is Aadhaar voluntary or compulsory?’ is disingenuous.

The Need for Impatience

July 27, 2013 1:34 am

Whether growth,welfare or both get a move on

The Future We Want

July 24, 2013 4:05 am

The gap between the have and the have nots in India is a reality and 'An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions' by Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze grapples with the issue.