Jean Drèze
The writer, a former member of the UPA’s National Advisory Council, is visiting professor at the department of economics, Ranchi University
Sun, Dec 05, 2021
🔴 Jean Dreze and Jasmin Naur Hafiz write: Revamping it won't be possible without a major increase in the NFBS budget
Wed, Oct 06, 2021
Jean Dreze, Vipul Paikra write: Many similar cases of AePS-enabled fraud have emerged in Latehar, Jharkhand. Most of them are unresolved
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
Jean Dreze writes: At a time when extra resources were urgently needed to bring children safely back to school, the education budget was reduced by 10 per cent or so, even as the Union budget as a whole increased by more than 15 per cent
Mon, Jul 05, 2021
Vyom Anil, Jean Dreze write: People who lose their Aadhaar number may not be able to retrieve it, and risk losing all social benefits.
Wed, May 05, 2021
It is bad enough that we depend on just two suppliers. What is baffling is that the government has now allowed them to set their own prices.
Tue, Apr 20, 2021
Temporary denial of food rations is one thing, cancellation of ration cards is far more serious. How many cards have been cancelled for lack of Aadhaar linkage? No one really knows.
Sat, Jan 23, 2021
The need of the hour is to expand distribution under the PDS. Failing that, the country is heading towards another round of wasteful stock accumulation even as poor people struggle to feed their families.
Sat, Jan 02, 2021
Jean Dreze writes: Surjit Bhalla picks on data, but fails to debunk evidence of alarming trends in child nutrition.
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
If India’s overwhelming goal is to become a $5 trillion economy within a few years, there is no reason to pay attention to children. But if it is development in the full sense of the term, then child development is paramount.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
The cash crunch is hindering the state governments’ relief efforts at every step. Centre must urgently provide additional foodgrain to poorest states for expanding PDS coverage.
Thu, Apr 09, 2020
Jean Dreze writes: Releasing food is all the more crucial as the emergency cash transfers proposed by the finance minister are likely to have severe limitations.
Tue, Oct 02, 2018
There is little to show by way of Aadhaar benefits for the poor. And the costs are staring at us.
Fri, Jul 13, 2018
NREGA is a demand-driven programme and if the demand vanishes because wages are low and uncertain, nothing will be able to save it.
Tue, May 08, 2018
Bill Gates’s claim that it raises no privacy concerns is misleading. Crucial issues that have to do with confidentiality of data and state surveillance are at stake.
Mon, May 08, 2017
We have been numbed by a series of lies, myths and fictions about the project.
Mon, Dec 05, 2016
We know the Kashmir crisis. Or do we?
Sat, Dec 19, 2015
Pranab Bardhan’s collection of essays applies plain-dealing economics to a range of issues in policy and politics
Wed, Jul 01, 2015
The view of MGNREGA as a makeshift work programme is far off the mark.
Thu, Mar 19, 2015
Sold as a voluntary facility, Aadhaar is turning coercive — despite judicial intervention.