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Release funds to MGNREGA, urge economists in open letter to PM

-The Hindu Business Line

The letter underlined that the MGNREGA has assumed more significance during the period of the pandemic

The country’s top economists, researchers, and activists have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing their concern about the funds crunch in MGNREGA and demanding immediate release of additional funds to ensure that the programme functions as the law requires.

The letter, signed by several academics and intellectuals including Jean Dreze, Jayati Ghosh, CP Chandrasekhar, Amit Bhaduri, Prabhat Patnaik, C Rammanohar Reddy, R Nagaraj, Pronab Sen and others underlined that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has assumed more significance during the period of the pandemic when employment levels and incomes across the country remain significantly lower than before.

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