Tapas Soren, a tribal of Birakhap in Jharkhand, committed self-immolation recently, impoverished by the constant demand for bribes by local officials for work done under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. His death soon after the murder of Lalit Mehta who had exposed corruption in NREGA schemes in Palamu is a damning comment on how the scheme is being implemented in Jharkhand.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/nrega-and-death-tapas-soren
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anish-vanaik
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazaribag-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palamu
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corruption
