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Posted: Thursday , Dec 27, 2007 at 0000 hrs

Back in 2004, when the National Rural Employment

Guarantee Act (NREGA) first made headlines, many
including some of the Act’s most ardent supporters
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In the last five months alone, over Rs 60 lakh of embezzled money has been returned by local officials in
full public view. On other occasions, local officials who have indulged in petty corruption have been
reprimanded and even sacked. Andhra’s experiment is significant not just for its successes in curbing
corruption. What makes Andhra’s experiment unique is that it marks the first time in independent India’s
history that the government has willingly opened its doors to public scrutiny and done so by proactively
mobilising communities.
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