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MGNREGA - from flawed social security to controlled vision

The Government of India in a hurried manner pushed through radical changes in the MGNREGA scheme with a hastily put together debate going late into the night to pass the bill despite much opposition as though our national sovereignty depended on it. Such haste deserves closer scrutiny in a Democracy as much as lack of consultation. I had written a very critical note on the MGNREGA when it was scaled upto the entire nation way in 2007.