Freebies Debate News Today

Hindutva has reduced citizens to passive political subjects where people devote themselves to the leader’s ascribed duties towards the nation’s development.

Amit Shah says Gujarat won't vote for "dream sellers", Arvind Kejriwal retorts with sarcasm: "Yes, indeed, don't buy dreams like the 15-lakh promise"

Poorly-directed freebies may wreak havoc with state finances and have adverse consequences on the economy, as in the case of Sri Lanka, experts say

RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Member Ashima Goyal said that a cost is imposed somewhere when governments provide freebies, but this is worth incurring for public goods and services that build capacity.

Economist Jayati Ghosh said that basic needs like nutrition, healthcare, housing and education, which the government should provide for its citizens, are not freebies. She asserted that the poor are more entitled to receive their basic needs.

PM Modi, while addressing the nation during the Har Ghar Jal event, took a jibe at Opposition parties for ‘making big promises’.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has launched a new national mission as AAP formulates its strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Promises alone aren't the basis of parties being elected, court says, in latest hearing of petition that demands bar on seeking votes for "freebies"

MK Stalin joined the freebies debate and said expenditure on education and health are social welfare schemes and cannot be considered as freebies.

The debate about freebies started after Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party won a massive mandate in Punjab with the Delhi model of governance, which has given them two consecutive terms in power.