<html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/RFC 2.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-16"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="The Right to Food Campaign is an informal network of organisations and individuals committed to the realisation of the right to food in India. We consider that everyone has a fundamental right to be free from hunger and undernutrition. Realising this right requires not only equitable and sustainable food systems, but also entitlements relating to livelihood security such as the right to work, land reform and social security. We consider that the primary responsibility for guaranteeing these entitlements rests with the state. Lack of financial resources cannot be accepted as an excuse for abdicating this responsibility. In the present context, where peoples basic needs are not a political priority, state intervention itself depends on effective popular organisation. 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However, there is also a small but prolific "anti-EGA" lobby, with a particularly strong influence in the corporate media. Writings from both sides are included here in the interest of pluralism; we leave it to the readers to evaluate the arguments on each side.</p> <ul><strong>December 2005</strong> <li>Nanavaty, Reema and Divya Pandya (SEWA)<a href="/data/sewa05nregaperspective.doc" target="_blank">National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme: SEWA'S Perception and Implications (a Perspective Note)</a> <img src="/images/new.gif" width="32" height="16"></li> <li>Jain, Sonu <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=83552" target="_blank">Rich, poor, all states are in job guarantee net</a> (Indian Express, 8 December 2005) </li> </ul> <ul><strong>November 2005</strong> <li>Jain, Sunil <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=206771" target="_blank">Problems in panchayati paradise</a> (Business Standard, 28 November 2005) </li> <li>Tiwary, Deepti <a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main14.asp?filename=Cr110505how_many.asp" target=_"blank">Right to Food</a> (Tehelka, 5 November 2005)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>October 2005</strong> <li>Eyal, Nadav <a href="/data/eyal2005learnfromindia.doc" target="_blank">Things we can learn from India</a> (Maariv, 31 October 2005)</li> <li>Sen, Amiti <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=106620" target="_blank"> PMO to keep tabs on key programmes</a> (Financial Express, 25 October 2005)</li> <li>Olson, Maxine <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1268550,curpg-1.cms" target="_blank">Work for pro-poor growth</a> (Economic Times, 20 October 2005) <img src="/images/new.gif" width="32" height="16"></li> <li>Chatterjee, Manini <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=79732" target="_blank">Spoils of the Soil</a> (Indian Express, 16 October 2005)</li> <li>Karat, Brinda <a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2005/1016/10162005_brinda.htm" target="_blank">Towards Implementing the Rural Employment Guarantee Act</a> (People's Democracy, 16 October 2005)</li> <li>Bagchee, Aruna <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=10&filename=9248&filetype=html" target="_blank">Political and Administrative Realities of the EGS</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, 15 October 2005) <img src="/images/new.gif" width="32" height="16"></li> <li>Kannan, K. P. <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=10&filename=9244&filetype=html" target="_blank">Linking Guarantee to Human Development</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, 15 October 2005)</li> <li>Gopal, K. S. <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=10&filename=9245&filetype=html" targe="_blank">Is the Euphoria Justified?</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, 15 October 2005)</li> <li>Chandra Mohan, N. <a href="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13956325&page=1" target="_blank">Jobbing through to the elections</a> (Sify Online, 5 October 2005)</li> <li>Menon, A. V. B. <a href="/data/menon2005nregs.doc" target="_blank">A Note on National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme</a></li> </ul> <ul><strong>September 2005</strong> <li>Varada Rajan, W. R. <a href="/data/rajan2005employment.txt" target="_blank">Employment guarantee passed, what next?</a> (The Working Class, September 2005)</li> <li>Sridhar, V. <a href="http://www.flonnet.com/fl2219/stories/20050923004802400.htm" target="_blank">Bias in the criticism</a> (Frontline, September 23)</li> <li>Sridhar, V. <a href="http://www.flonnet.com/fl2219/stories/20050923005402200.htm" target="_blank">Empowering the rural poor</a> (Frontline, September 23)</li> <li>Vardarajan, Siddharth <a href="http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2005/09/why-indias-poor-need-employment.html" target="_blank">Why India's poor need an employment guarantee</a> (Interview for ABC TV, September 15)</li> <li>Cherian, Thomas <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/bloomberg/sxsingh.php" target="_blank">Adding jobs, but at what cost?</a> (International Herald Tribune, September 14)</li> <li>Chary, Venkat R. <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/07/stories/2005090701071000.htm" target="_blank">REGS: Grossly Miscalculated?</a> (Hindu Businessline, September 9)</li> <li>Venu, M. K. <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1221374,curpg-1.cms" target="_blank">Leading reform is a two-way street</a> (Economic Times, September 6)</li> <li>Bhalla, Surjit Singh <a href="http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/sep/05guest1.htm" target="_blank">Job scheme: A means to siphon off money</a> (Rediff, September 5)</li> <li>Shukla, Rajeev <a href="http://iecolumnists.expressindia.com/full_column.php?content_id=77443" target="_blank">Time for change</a> (Indian Express, September 2)</li> <li>Ganapathy, Nirmala <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=77363" target="_blank">Rural employment bill: World is watching India</a> (Indian Express, September 1)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>August 2005</strong> <li>Morris, Sebastian <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=100861" target="_blank">Employment guarantee scheme is a still-born child; try land reforms</a> (Financial Express, August 30)</li> <li>Philipose, Pamela <a href="http://iecolumnists.expressindia.com/full_column.php?content_id=77147" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee Shield</a> (Indian Express, August 29)</li> <li>Singh, Tavleen <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=77104" target="_blank">Marxists begin to see the light, not Sonia</a> (Indian Express, August 28)</li> <li>Bahuguna, Nitin Jugran <a href="http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/08/28/stories/2005082800110400.htm" target="_blank">A guarantee to work?</a> (Hindu, August 29)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita <a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0828/08282005_smita%20gupta.htm" target="_blank">A very significant legislation: Parliament votes for Rural Employment Guarantee</a> (People's Democracy, August 28)</li> <li><a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0828/08282005_edit.htm" target="_blank">People's Victory; Safeguard It</a> (People's Democracy, August 28)</li> <li>Gaiha, Raghav <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=198482" target="_blank">From workfare to poverty alleviation</a> (Business Standard, August 27)</li> <li>Jha, Prem Shankar <a href="http://www.domain-b.com/people/writers_columnists/prem_shankar_jha/20050826_populism.html" target="_blank">A surrender to populism</a> (Domain-B, August 26)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76880" target="_blank">Giveaway governance</a> (Indian Express, August 25)</li> <li>Ganguli, Amulya <a href="http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=6&cat2=42&newsid=176732&RF=DefaultMain" target="_blank">Turn left for disaster</a> (Asian Age, August 25)</li> <li>Chopra, Anuj <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0825/p01s03-wosc.html" target="_blank">India moves to spread wealth</a> (Christian Science Monitor, August 25)</li> <li>Mehta, Pratap Bhanu <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=76832" target="_blank">Sense and Consensus</a> (Indian Express, August 24)</li> <li>Jalan, Bimal <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=76836" target="_blank">Wanted: A Barefoot Minister</a> (Indian Express, August 24)</li> <li><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/08/24/stories/2005082402820900.htm" target="_blank">LS passes Employment Guarantee Bill</a> (Hindu Business Line, August 24)</li> <li>Alagh, Y. K. <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76833" target="_blank">A scheme in search of a plan</a> (Indian Express, August 24)</li> <li>Joshi, Sharad <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/08/24/stories/2005082400771000.htm" target="_blank"> National Employment Guarantee Scheme à ¢Ã ¬ à  Well-intentioned, but poorly designed</a> (Hindu Business Line, August 24) <li><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1470076,0008.htm" target="_blank">Lok Sabha passes Rural Employment Bill</a> (Hindustan Times, August 24)</li> <li><a href="http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13923786" target="_blank">LS passes Employment Guarantee Bill</a> (Sify, August 24)</li> <li><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198014" target="_blank">Govt rejects BJP move on jobs Bill</a> (Business Standard, August 23) <img src="/images/new.gif" width="32" height="16"></li> <li>Vardarajan, Sidharth <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/23/stories/2005082306121100.htm" target="_blank">Minimum wages must be treated as sacrosant</a> (Hindu, August 23)</li> <li><a href="http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/aug/22spec1.htm" target="_blank">All about India's rural job guarantee bill</a> (Rediff, August 22)</li> <li><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1206529.cms" target="_blank">Pie in the sky?</a> (Economic Times, August 22)</li> <li><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76605" target="_blank">Guarantee this</a> (Indian Express, August 20)</li> <li>Ninan, T N <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=197813" target="_blank">Fools rush in</a> (Business Standard, August 20)</li> <li>Ramachandran, Nira <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76608" target="_blank">Taking the Bill to the people</a> (Indian Express, August 20)</li> <li><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=99797" target="_blank">Answer the critics</a> (Financial Express, August 20)</li> <li>Patnaik, Ila <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76590" target="_blank">Will it reduce poverty or fill corrupt pockets? A 7-item reality check</a> (Indian Express, August 19)</li> <li><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76587" target="_blank">UPA plays its CMP trump card: job Bill</a> (Indian Express, August 19)</li> <li><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=Sonia+defends+Employment+Guarantee+Bill&id=17569" target="_blank">Sonia defends Employment Guarantee Bill</a> (NDTV, August 18)</li> <li>Pulin Nayak <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=197538" target="_blank">Changing the face of rural India</a> (Business Standard, August 18)</li> <li><a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/18/stories/2005081815471300.htm" target="_blank">Amendments to jobs Bill criticised</a> (Hindu, August 18)</li> <li><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76511" target="_blank">Left leaves imprint on job bill</a> (Indian Express, August 18)</li> <li>Chatterjee, Mohua and Subodh Ghildiyal <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1203676.cms" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee Bill gets big boost</a> (Times of India, August 18)</li> <li>Mandar, Harsh <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76465" target="_blank">The Battle Against Hunger</a> (Indian express, August 18)</li> <li><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Employment+Bill+likely+to+be+passed&id=77536" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee Bill to be tabled tomorrow</a> (NDTV, August 17)</li> <li><a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200508171943.htm" target="_blank">Govt, Left sort out differences over employment scheme</a> (Hindu, August 17)</li> <li>Farooqui, Mahmood <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76389" target="_blank">Redeeming a pledge</a> (Indian Express, August 17)</li> <li><a href="http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=144233" target="_blank">EGS muster roll will now be a public document</a> (Indian Express, August 17)</li> <li><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=99467" target="_blank">Job guarantee Bill to be presented today</a> (Financial Express, August 17)</li> <li>Aarthi Ramachandran <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=197472" target="_blank">Jobs guarantee Bill may be tabled today</a> (Business Standard, August 17)</li> <li><a href="http://www.manoramaonline.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=manorama/MmArticle/CommonFullStory&cid=1124173040812&c=MmArticle&p=1002366458912&channel=Home&count=9" target="_blank">Left parties find difficulties in Employment Guarantee Bill</a> (Malayali Manorama, August 16)</li> <li>Roy, Aruna and Nikhil Dey <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/15/stories/2005081501721000.htm" target="_blank">Guaranteeing action for employment</a> (Hindu, August 15)</li> <li>Mehta, Vinod <a href="http://outlookindia.com/diary.asp?fodname=20050822" target="_blank">Shining Shame</a> (scroll down for article) (Outlook, August 15)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita <a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0814/08142005_smita%20gupta.htm" target="_blank">Parliament Panel Slams Employment Bill</a> (People's Democracy, August 14)</li> <li>Dasgupta, Swapan <a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=swapan%2Fswapan55.txt&writer=swapan">Rename REGA as Corruption Guarantee Scheme</a> (Pioneer, August 14)</li> <li>Dr&egrave;ze, Jean <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1199545.cms" target="_blank">Time to Clean Up</a> (Times of India, August 13)</li> <li>Dr&egrave;ze, Jean <a href="../data/dreze12aug-discontents.doc">Employment Guarantee and its Discontents</a> (published as "Totally Off Target" in Times of India, August 12)</li> <li>Kundu, Amitabh and Niranjan Sarangi <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=08&filename=8987&filetype=pdf" target="_blank">Issues of Urban Exclusion</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, August 13)</li> <li>A Vaidyanathan <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=08&filename=8988&filetype=html" target="_blank">Need for involvement of States</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, August 13)</li> <li>Jain, L. C. <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=08&filename=8989&filetype=pdf" target="_blank">Putting Panchayats in charge</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, August 13)</li> <li>Kapoor, Ravi Shanker <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=76077" target="_blank">A Recipe for Disaster</a> (Indian Express, August 12)</li> <li>Jha, Prem Shankar <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050815&fname=Column+Prem+%28F%29&sid=1" target="_blank">Deliver Us From the Abyss</a> (Outlook, August 12)</li> <li>Mohan, N. Chandra <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050811&fname=chandra&sid=1&pn=1" target="_blank">Loot for Work Programme?</a> (Outlook, August 11)</li> <li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1196793.cms" target="_blank">Can India support the rural employment plan?</a> (Times of India, August 10)</li> <li><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75897" target="_blank">Solapur's sieve</a> (Indian Express, August 9)</li> <li>Keskar, Prasanna Kumar <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75874" target="_blank">Lesson for Delhi? In model state, 9-cr job scheme fraud</a> (Indian Express, August 8)</li> <li>Times of India Editorial, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1193893.cms" target="_blank">Down to Earth</a> (Times of India, August 8)</li> <li>Dogra, Bharat <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1193880.cms" target="_blank">Jobs and Options</a> (Times of India, August 8)</li> <li>Chakraverti, Sauvik <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=75729" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee a Hoax</a> (Indian Express, August 6)</li> <li>Chenoy, Kamal Mitra <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75731" target="_blank">No Capital without Labour</a> (Indian Express, August 6)</li> <li>EPW Editorial, <a href="/data/reddy2005-employment.html" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee: Setting Legislation Right</a> (EPW, August 6)</li> <li>Patnaik, Utsa <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/05/stories/2005080501971000.htm" target="_blank"> It is time for Kumbhakarna to wake up</a> (Hindu, August 5)</li> <li>Singh, Mamta <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=196263" target="_blank">Jobs scheme exposed</a> (Business Standard, August 3)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>July 2005</strong> <li><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=97792" target="_blank">Compounding the folly</a> (Financial Express, July 30)</li> <li>Moily, Veerappa <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=97797" target="_blank">Be creative on EGS aim</a> (Financial Express, July 30)</li> <li><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/050727/139/5zi7v.html" target=_blank">Standing Committee for making employment guarantee "universal"</a> (Yahoo News, July 27)</li> <li>Bidwai, Praful <a href="../data/bidwai2005empowering.doc">Empowering the poor: for a Job Guarantee Act</a></li> <li>Bidwai, Praful <a href="../data/bidwai2005creating.doc">Creating a right to work</a></li> <li>Datta, Saikat <a href="../data/datta-shame.doc">A Crying Shame</a> (Outlook)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>June 2005</strong> <li>Sajha Manch <a href="/data/smanchfreedom2005.doc" target="_blank">Freedom to Work</a> (Discussion paper)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>May 2005</strong> <li>SEWA, <a href="../data/sewa.htm" target="_blank">May Day Demand: Rural Employment Guarantee Act</a> (We, the Self Employed, May 2005)</li> <li>Narain, Sunita, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=189631" target="_blank">Fixing the employment Bill</a> (Business Standard, May 24, 2005)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>April 2005</strong> <li>Mukesh Eswaran, Ashok Kotwal, Debraj Ray, and E. Somanathan, <a href="../data/eswaranetal-defence.doc" target="_blank">In Defence of the Employment Guarantee Act</a> (April 2005)</li> <li>Dogra, Bharat, <a href="../data/dogra-ruralschemes.doc">Rural Wage Employment Schemes: Rhetoric and Reality</a> (April 2005)</li> <li>Birhman, Ravi, <a href="http://businessworldindia.com/b_school/news_articles19.htm">Employment Guarantee: It Can Be Guaranteed</a> (Businessworld, April 18 2005)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>February 2005</strong> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="../data/gupta-nregb.doc" target="_blank">National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill 2004: Elusive Guarantee, Little Employment</a> (Budget Track, February 2005) </li> <li>Mohanty, Siba Sankar, <a href="../data/mohanty-nregb.pdf">National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill 2004: Issues and Concerns</a> (Budget Track, February 2005) </li> <li>Vaidyanathan, A., <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/15/stories/2005021505211000.htm" target="_blank">Panchayats and Employment Guarantee</a> (The Hindu, February 15, 2005)</li> <li>Joshi, Anuradha, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/08/stories/2005020800861000.htm" target="_blank">For Effective Employment Guarantee</a> (The Hindu, February 8, 2005)</li> <li>Singh, Tavleen, <a href="http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=41633" target="_blank">Why we are a Poor Rich Country</a> (The Indian Express, February 7, 2005)</li> <li>Jha, Madan M., <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=63924" target="_blank">EGS as Investment, not Welfare</a> (The Indian Express, February 3, 2005)</li> <li>Bhaduri, Amit, <a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050202/asp/opinion/story_4281730.asp" target="_blank">Do We Want the Poor to be Employed?</a> (The Telegraph, February 2, 2005) <li>Sarkar, Abhirup, <a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050201/asp/opinion/story_4303284.asp" target="_blank">Employment Schemes Must Aim at Enduring Economic Benefits</a> (The Telegraph, February 1, 2005)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>January 2005</strong> <li>Chamaraj, Kathyayini, <a href="http://www.humanscape.org/Humanscape/2005/Jan/timeto.php" target="_blank">Time to Fulfil Pledges of the Past</a> (Humanscape, January 2005) <li>Economist, The, <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1013213.cms" target="_blank">India's Poor Law</a> (January 29, 2005) [reprinted in The Economic Times on February 8, 2005]</li> <li>Amit Bhaduri <a href="../data/amit_bhaduri_firstpriority.doc" target="_blank">First priority - Guaranteeing employment and the right to information</a> (EPW, January 22, 2005) <li>Dhavan, Rajeev, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/21/stories/2005012102551000.htm" target="_blank">The Case for Employment Guarantee</a> (The Hindu, January 21, 2005) </li> <li>Mulji, Sudhir, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=178579&leftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0&leftindx=5" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee Scheme</a> (Business Standard, January 20, 2005)</li> <li>Virmani, Arvind, <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=80244%5C%22" target="_blank">EGS as a Means to Greater Ends</a> (The Financial Express, January 20, 2005)</li> <li>Bhalla, Surjit S., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=177597&leftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0&leftindx=5" target="_blank">Ten Lies and an Act: III</a> (Business Standard, January 8, 2005)</li> <li>Hasan, Zoya, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=62130" target="_blank">EGA: Needed, a Govt Guarantee Act</a> (The Indian Express, January 6, 2005)</li> <li>Patnaik, Prabhat, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/05/stories/2005010503241000.htm" target="_blank">Need for a Universal EGS</a> (The Hindu, January 5, 2005)</li> <li>Roy, Bunker, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=62073" target="_blank">100 Days That Will Change India</a> (The Indian Express, January 5, 2005)</li> <li>Rao, Bhanoji, <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/04/stories/2005010400060800.htm" target="_blank">NREG Bill: Fine Tuning Will Make it Work Better</a> (Business Line, January 4, 2005)</li> <li>Srinivasan, T.N., <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/03/stories/2005010301861000.htm" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Employment: A Palliative?</a> (The Hindu, January 3, 2005)</li> <li>Ghosh, Jayati, <a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0102/01022005_eco.htm" target="_blank">Back to Bashing Subsidies</a> (People's Democracy, January 2, 2005)</li> <li>Khera, Reetika and Aruna Roy, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/01/02/stories/2005010200900200.htm" target="_blank">Not Everybody Loves a Good Drought</a> (The Hindu, January 2, 2005)</li> <li>Patnaik, Ila, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=61945" target="_blank">Here, Food for Work Does Mean Food &amp; Work</a> (The Indian Express, January 2, 2005)</li> <li>Economist, The, <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/980850.cms" target="_blank">Guaranteed to Disappoint: Employing the Indian Poor</a> (January 1, 2005) [reprinted in The Economic Times on January 5, 2005]</li> </ul> <li>Adiyog (2004) <a href="../hindi/ega_adiyogarticle.doc" target="_blank">Garibi ki kilaf guarantee kanoon (hindi)</a> <ul><strong>December 2004</strong> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/fet/dec04/fet041204Sahmat_Convention.htm" target="_blank">Political Will a Prerequisite for Employment Guarantee: Report on SAHMAT Convention</a> (Macroscan, December 2004)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/fet/dec04/fet041204Salvage_Democracy.htm" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee: An Act to Salvage Democracy</a> (Macroscan, December 2004)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="../data/smita_ega.doc" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee Act as Smokescreen: Targetting and Wage Flexibility by the Backdoor</a> (2004) </li> <li>Ghosh, Jayati, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/cur/oct04/cur151004Employment_Guarantee.htm" target="_blank">How to pay for the Employment Guarantee</a> (Macroscan, December 2004)</li> <li>Ghosh, Jayati, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/fet/dec04/fet041204Employment_Guarantee.htm" target="_blank">The Economic Case for Employment Guarantee</a> (Macroscan, December 2004)</li> <li>Patnaik, Prabhat, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/fet/dec04/fet041204Employment_Guarantee_Scheme.htm" target="_blank">A Note on the Resources Needed for an Employment Guarantee Scheme</a> (Macroscan, December 2004) </li> <li>Dr&egrave;ze, Jean, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/31/stories/2004123101451000.htm" target="_blank">Unemployment Guarantee Bill</a> (The Hindu, December 31, 2004)</li> <li>Bhalla, Surjit S., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=176762&leftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0&leftindx=5" target="_blank">Ten Lies and an Act: II</a> (Business Standard, December 30, 2004) <li>Acharya, Shankar, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/search/storypage_new.php?leftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=1&autono=176555" target="_blank">Bad Ideas are Winning!</a> (Business Standard, December 28, 2004) <li>Bhaduri, Amit, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/27/stories/2004122701941000.htm" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Employment</a> (The Hindu, December 27, 2004) <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://pd.cpim.org/2004/1226/12262004_smita%20gupta.htm" target="_blank">National Employment Guarantee Bill 2004: UPA's Failed Promise</a> (People's Democracy, December 26, 2004)</li> <li>Agarwal, Siddhartha and Ruchira Saha, <a href="http://indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61477" target="_blank">Work is Worship</a> (The Indian Express, December 25, 2004) [also published as <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=77919" target="_blank">Engaging Rural India</a> (Financial Express, December 25, 2004)] <li>Bhalla, Surjit S., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=176407" target="_blank">Ten Lies and an Act: I</a> (Business Standard, December 25, 2004) <li>Alexander, P.C., <u>Guaranteeing Employment</u> (The Asian Age, December 23, 2004) <li>Bidwai, Praful, <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:EweJQdlUa2MJ:www.theshillongtimes.com/editorial.html%2Bupa%2Bbetrays%2Bbiggest%2Bpromise%2Bpraful%2Bbidwai&hl=en&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">UPA Betrays its Biggest Promise</a> (The Shillong Times, December 23, 2004) <li>Chandra Mohan, N., <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=77619" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Work in India's Countryside</a> (The Financial Express, December 23, 2004) <li>Gaiha, Raghav, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61150" target="_blank">No 100 per cent Guarantee</a> (The Indian Express, December 20, 2004)</li> <li>Gokarn, Subir, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=175852" target="_blank">Employer of the Last Resort</a> (Business Standard, December 20, 2004)</li> <li>Mehrotra, Santosh, <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/964414.cms" target="_blank">Can India Really Do Without EGS?</a> (The Economic Times, December 20, 2004)</li> <li>Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/963942.cms" target="_blank">Poverty Reduction by Helicopter</a> (The Times of India, December 19, 2004) <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2126/stories/20041231001604500.htm" target="_blank">Promises to keep</a> (Frontline, December 18, 2004)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://tehelka.com/story_main9.asp?filename=op121804one_hundred.asp" target="_blank">One Hundred Days of Solitude</a> (Tehelka, December 18, 2004)</li> <li>Ninan, T.N., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=175754d%22ftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0d%22ftindx=5" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Work</a> (Business Standard, December 18, 2004)</li> <li>Srinivasa-Raghavan, T.C.A., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=175753" target="_blank">Can the State Really Help the Poor?</a> (Business Standard, December 18, 2004)</li> <li>Dr&egrave;ze, Jean, <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=77087" target="_blank">Why Should Anyone be Afraid of the Employment Guarantee Act?</a> (The Financial Express, December 17, 2004)</li> <li>Jain, L.C., <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_archive_full_story.php?content_id=77090" target="_blank">Work is the Crux, so is Self-Governance</a> (The Financial Express, December 17, 2004)</li> <li>Ramanathan, Ramesh, <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_archive_full_story.php?content_id=77088" target="_blank">Time to Reflect on the Rural Jobs Bill?</a> (The Financial Express, December 17, 2004)</li> <li>Srinivasa-Raghavan, T.C.A., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=175635" target="_blank">Why Dr&egrave;ze, Roy &amp; co. Should Worry</a> (Business Standard, December 17, 2004)</li> <li>Banerjee, Abhijit V. and Pranab Bardhan, <u>Food for Thought</u> (The Hindustan Times, December 15, 2004) <li>Rao, Jaithirth, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60507" target="_blank">Forget Efficiency. Let's Do It</a> (The Indian Express, December 15, 2004)</li> <li>Singhvi, Abhishek, <u>Just the Job</u> (The Hindustan Times, December 15, 2004)</li> <li>Sud, Surinder, <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=yd%22ftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=175284" target="_blank">A Watershed for Development</a> (Business Standard, December 14, 2004)</li> <li>Venkitaramanan, S., <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/12/13/stories/2004121301000900.htm" target="_blank">Job Schemes Must Effect Grassroots Changes</a> (Business Line, December 13, 2004)</li> <li>Gupta, Smita, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/fet/dec04/fet061204Resist_Dilution.htm" target="_blank" class="body">Resist Dilution Of Employment Guarantee</a> (People's Democracy, December 12, 2004)</li> <li>Ahuja, Rajeev, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60588" target="_blank">Time to Act Upon an Old Promise</a> (The Indian Express, December 11, 2004) <li>Bhalla, Surjit S., <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=175082d%22ftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0d%22ftindx=5" target="_blank">Corruption with a Human Face</a> (Business Standard, December 11, 2004) <li>Shah, Mihir, <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2004d%22af=12&filename=7998&filetype=html" target="_blank">National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Historic Opportunity</a> (Economic &amp; Political Weekly, December 11, 2004)</li> <li>Karat, Brinda, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/953642.cms" target="_blank">No Jobs Ahead: Dilutions in Employment Law Unacceptable</a> (The Times of India, December 10, 2004)</li> <li>Chamraj, Kathyayini, <a href="../data/offline_articles/empowrurmases_kathyayani.doc">Empowering rural masses</a> (Deccan Herald, Dec 9, 2004) <li>Patnaik, Ila, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60496" target="_blank">Sincere about Employment Guarantee? Give up Subsidies You Milk</a> (The Indian Express, December 9, 2004)</li> <li>Narayan, S., <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60496" target="_blank">Convenience of Employment Guarantees</a> (The Financial Express, December 8, 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>November 2004</strong> <li>Acharya, Shankar, <a href="http://www.businessstandard.com/search/storypage_new.php?leftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=1&autono=173965" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Jobs or a Fiscal Crisis?</a> (Business Standard, November 30, 2004) <li>Hirway, Indira, <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2004d%22af=11&filename=7951&filetype=html" target="_blank">Providing Employment Guarantee in India: some critical issues</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, November 27, 2004)</li> <li>Raja, D., <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74986" target="_blank">Employment is a Right</a> (The Financial Express, November 24, 2004)</li> <li>Dr&egrave;ze, Jean, <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/22/stories/2004112205071000.htm" target="_blank">Employment as a Social Responsibility</a> (The Hindu, November 22, 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>October 2004</strong> <li>Jain, Sachin, <u>Politics of EGA</u> (2004)</li> <li>Jain, Sunil, <a href="http://www.businessstandard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?autono=170702" target="_blank">Making an Ass of U and Me</a> (Business Standard, October 25, 2004)</li> <li>Debroy, Bibek, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=57487" target="_blank">The Rs. 208,000 crore Puzzle</a> (The Indian Express, October 23, 2004)</li> <li>Debroy, Bibek, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=56834" target="_blank">Jobs, Not the Government's Job</a> (The Indian Express, October 13, 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>September 2004</strong> <li><span class="body">Reddy, Vijayashankar and Rammanohar, <a href="../data/vijayashankar_ram.doc" target="_blank">Making employment guarantee a reality</a> (2004)</span></li> <li>Reddy, C. Rammanohar and P. Vijayshankar, <u>Making Employment Guarantee A Reality</u> (Seminar, No. 541, September 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>August 2004</strong> <li>Shah, Mihir, <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/24/stories/2004082402251000.htm" target="_blank">A Workable Right to Employment</a> (The Hindu, August 24, 2004)</li> <li>Chamaraj, Kathyayini, <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004082200300200.htm&date=2004/08/22/&prd=mag&" target="_blank">People as Puppets</a> (The Hindu, August 22, 2004) </ul> <ul><strong>July 2004</strong> <li>Bose, Sukanya, <a href="http://www.macroscan.com/cur/jul04/cur150704Employment_Guarantee.htm" target="_blank">Employment Guarantee: A Distant Dream</a> (Macroscan, July 2004) <li>Ghosh, Jayati, <a href="http://www.flonnet.com/fl2114/stories/20040716004011400.htm" target="_blank">Rural Employment as Policy Priority</a> (Frontline, July 16, 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>June 2004</strong> <li>Chandrashekhar, C. P. and Jayati Ghosh, <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2004/06/22/stories/2004062200131100.htm" target="_blank">How Feasible is the Employment Guarantee</a> (Business Line, June 22, 2004) </ul> <ul><strong>May 2004</strong> <li>Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria, <a href="http://swaminomics.org/articles/20040530_expensive_face_lift.htm" target="_blank">An Expensive Face-Lift?</a> (The Times of India, May 30, 2004) </ul> <ul><strong>April 2004</strong> <li>Krishnaraj, Maithreyi; Divya Pandey, Aruna Kanchi <a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2004d%22af=04&filename=7069&filetype=pdf" target="_blank">Does EGS Require Restructuring for Poverty Alleviation and Gender Equality?: Concept, Design and Delivery System</a> (Economic and Political Weekly, 17 April, 2004)</li> </ul> <ul><strong>Editorials</strong> <li class="body"><a href="../data/ega-epw-editorialmar05.doc">Backtracking on Employment Guarantee</a> (EPW, March 2005)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=yd%22ftnm=lmnu5d%22ftindx=5&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=176044" target="_blank">The Wrongs of a Right</a> (Business Standard, December 22, 2004) </li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=175212d%22ftnm=lmnu5&lselect=0d%22ftindx=5" target="_blank">Rise of Civil Society</a> (Business Standard, December 13, 2004) </li> <li class="body"><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/964431.cms" target="_blank">Implementation, the Key</a> (The Economic Times, December 20, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2004d%22af=11&filename=7901&filetype=html" target="_blank" class="body">Work for the Poor</a> (Economic &amp; Political Weekly, November 20, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=76455" target="_blank">Power without Responsibility</a> (The Financial Express, December 10, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74850" target="_blank">State Resistance</a> (The Financial Express, November 23, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=62014" target="_blank">Ear to the Ground</a> (The Indian Express, January 4, 2005)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=63676" target="_blank">EGS on Govt Face?</a> (The Statesman, December 22, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=3&id=90909&usrsess=1" target="_blank">Lip Service -- Don't Gut the Employment Guarantee Act</a> (The Statesman, December 15, 2004)</li> <li class="body"><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041116/edit.htm" target="_blank">Food for Work: PM Must Ensure its Effective Monitoring</a> (The Tribune, November 16, 2004)</li> </ul> <p>Last updated: 10 February 2006</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <td height="373" width="10" valign=top align="justify" style="text-align: Justify"> </td> </tr> </table> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>