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NREGA Victim Tapas Soren

This is what the impoverished villagers of Jharkhand know of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
A government initiative aimed at curbing migration, providing rural employment and developing villages – has resulted in murders and suicides.
This is what NREGA has meant for Tapas Soren.
The corruption within NREGA drove him to immolate himself.
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