tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post6679049918636068521..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Welfare measures for our childrenAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-33723964264658371582006-11-24T11:28:00.000+05:302006-11-24T11:28:00.000+05:30you might also wish to look at these reports on th...you might also wish to look at these reports on the 'progress' of the nrega elsewhere in the country:<br /><br />http://in.news.yahoo.com/061103/48/691r1.html<br /><br />http://nregs.blogspot.com/2006/10/shame-in-karnataka.htmlkuffirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701734913669203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-10350868055127444762006-11-21T10:16:00.000+05:302006-11-21T10:16:00.000+05:30no, abi..i don't think we have that kind of a choi...no, abi..i don't think we have that kind of a choice. when this govt started out it promised to raise spending on education to 6% of gdp and to bring in measures to alleviate the conditions of the aam aadmi. the form the latter propsal has taken, the nrega, essentially rules out any promised increase in spending on education. so what we have now is an attempt to lower poverty (through discredited mechanisms)with no attempt to address the causes of poverty like illiteracy. the grown- ups have stolen the candy from the kids!<br />and the nrega is not working anywhere - 25% of the jobcards, nationally, were issued in andhra. it's a more than representative sample to judge..what's happening on a national scale.kuffirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701734913669203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-74729178778329615292006-11-13T18:37:00.000+05:302006-11-13T18:37:00.000+05:30Hi Kuffir, I would support NREGA *and* child welfa...Hi Kuffir, I would support NREGA *and* child welfare programs. (I know you don't like NREGA because of the way it operates in AP.)Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-64559174917913443702006-11-09T20:06:00.000+05:302006-11-09T20:06:00.000+05:30'I can go on giving tons of possible reasons why a...'I can go on giving tons of possible reasons why a society should do everything it can to take care of its young children..'<br />but you'd rather support the nrega?kuffirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701734913669203noreply@blogger.com