JJSS is working on effective implementation of MGNREGA in Bihar.

Here we list writings of JJSS members and Media Coverage of JJSS’s activities.


Jitendra Choubey, “Civil society rejects recommendation of Nagesh Singh committee on MGNREGS“, Down To Earth, Oct. 9, 2017

Niraj Sahai, The New Indian Express, The floods Nobody is Talking About, September 9, 2017

Aritra Bhattacharya, Scroll.in, A long Road To Recovery, September 10, 2017

Aritra Bhattacharya, Scroll.in, Hungry on the highway, September,8, 2017

Niraj Sahai, BBC HIndi, “बिहार ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जुगाड़ की नाव पर तैरती जिंदगी“, August 17, 2017

Pradeep Modak, Hindustan Times, Patna,”MGNREGA workers go sans wages in BIhar, March 4, 2017

Ashish Ranjan and Kamayani Swami, नजीर बना बिहार केंद्र भी पहल करे,  Rashtriya Sahara (Hastakshep), July 3, 2016

Satyamev Jayate Article on Social Auditors

Satyavrat Mishra, Bihar Cancels 60% MNREGS Job Cards, Business Standard, May 28, 2014

Jitendra Choubey, Last Ditch Attempt, Down To Earth, January 31, 2014

Jitendra Choubey, Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA, Down To Earth, Nov. 28, 2013

Alok Gupta, Bihar Govt. Rolls Back Cut in MNREGA minimum wage, Down To Earth, July 11, 2013

Pranav Kr. Chaudhary, Demand to rollback NREGA wage cut in Bihar, The Times of India, May 2, 2013

Rahi Gaikwad, Demand to rollback NREGA wage cut in Bihar, The Hindu, April 2, 2013

Santosh Singh, Bihar RTI activists cope with murder and false cases, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2013

Jitendra Choubey, Bihar in Reverge Gear, Down To Earth, March 31st, 2013

Sreelatha Menon, A rural wageless job scheme, Business standard,March 19th, 2013

Ashish Ranjan, Hindustan Times, Patna, March 13, 2013

Alok Gupta, MGNREGA fund scan in Bihar could have been preveneted, Down To Earth, December 11, 2012

Vibhore Vardhan, Living on the edge in Bihar, Hindustran Times, Patna, 21st Jan, 2013

Kamayani Swami, Dainik Jagaran, Oct 2011.

Rajesh Veerraghavan, They hit back and it felt good”www.indiatogether.org,  Nov, 2010

Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan, Its hard to keep away crows from crumbs for humans”Hindustan Times, 29th August, 2010

Shoumojit Bannerji(2010),   Dreze: Bihar a dismal laggard in MGREGS”Hindu, April 23, 2010

Shoumojit Bannerji (2010),”Women MNREGA workers denied their due in Katihar”Hindu, March 22, 2010 

Shoumojit Bannerji (2010), “A dreary wage-wait for MGREGS workers in Katihar, Hindu, February 14, 2010

Simon Cox, “Bihar has blossomed under Nitish Kumar. But his reforms need deeper roots“, The Economist, January 28th, 2010

Shoumojit Bannerji, “Social Auditing in reveals Jamua’s dismal shown in MNREGS, Hindu, January 3

Ashish Ranjan and Purushottam Kumar (2010), “A new twist to Social Audits”, India Together, January 3

Kamayani Swami (2009), All is not well with the wells”, Frontline Volume 26 – Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16, 2009

Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera in collaboration with survey coordinators: Anish Vanaik, Ashish Ranjan, Kamayani Swami, Kartika Bhatia, Karuna Muthiah, Nandini Nayak, Navjyoti, Noor Zaheer, Siddhartha, Sunil Kumar and Zia Khan (2009),”The battle for employment gurantee”, Frontline, Volume 26 – Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16

Ashish Ranjan and Kartika Bhatia (2009), Alternative to migration, Frontline Volume 26 – Issue 01 :: Jan. 03-16, 2009

Ashish Ranjan (2009),”Broken Promises“, Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 10, March 14

Kamayani Swami and Ali Mir (2005), “Theatre of the absurd, Outlook India, March 21

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