Negotiating Freebies
Subsidies are an essential part of social security. The Centre and states need to strike the right balance between merit and non-merit subsidies.
election freebies
November 2022
August 2022
March 2022
Beware of Lanka-like crisis with 'non-merit freebies'
Freebies are worrying the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister too.
The downsides of New Welfarism
Better access to food, electricity, water, toilets, banking, etc. are essential, but so are health, education, jobs and poverty alleviation, which should not be short-changed for electoral gains.
