Nitish govt making promises ahead of elections it can't fulfil, claims Prashant Kishor's partyPrashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party has accused the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar of announcing financially irresponsible freebies, total...
23 Sep, 2025, 10.47 PM IST
Difficult to define freebie, high time 'accepted and legal' answers found: CEC KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has stated that defining freebies is challenging and the Election Commission's hands are tied as th...
07 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Budget 2024: Freebies or welfare schemes, what can the Modi government opt for?Ahead of Union Budget 2024, we discuss the upcoming interim Budget in India and the debate surrounding welfare schemes and freebies. Prime ...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.06 AM IST
Freebies Frenzy: Indian politics grapples with electoral promises amid economic concernsIn recent assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Telangana, political parties, including BJP, embraced the cult...
24 Dec, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
EC doesn't have jurisdiction to regulate issues like freebies: Congress"It is really something which is to be decided, be it pre-election or post-election, be it by way of electoral punishment or electoral acce...
28 Oct, 2022, 04.20 PM IST
Why political parties need to rethink freebiesIn the Indian context, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already initiated a discourse that challenges the deeply seeded culture of freebies...
04 Oct, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
The freebies debate: Genesis, definition and impact on welfare & economyThe power of Election Commission to fight freebies has remained vague and limited. There have only been a few instances where the EC exerci...
28 Aug, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
India will grow at 7.4%, but not yet time to throw caution to the wind, says FM Nirmala SitharamanThe downside risks that the economy currently faces are of an external nature and India's exports will have to be ready to face them, she n...
27 Aug, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Burden of pre-poll promises must be borne via budgetary provisions: FM Nirmala SitharamanShe also called for a debate on freebies. "The debate is not about what constitutes a freebie, but if you have given a promise, provision f...
27 Aug, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
Electoral promises: The freebie stops hereWith committees, commentators and economists of all shades slamming freebies, and political actors continuing to snipe at each other, it is...
24 Aug, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
EC welcomes SC suggestion of expert panel on freebies, but does not want to be part of itA bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, on August 3, had asked stakeholders like the Centre...
10 Aug, 2022, 09.46 PM IST
Reliance definitely is on course to be in the $100 billion club: Sanjiv Bhasin, IIFLThis quarter maybe slightly sluggish and there may be many reasons for that.
28 Apr, 2018, 03.17 PM IST
Jio offer: Any decision that TDSAT makes, will give a sense of clarity going forward, says Rajan Mathews, COAIPredictability and timeliness is extremely important for the industry and for those who are looking to invest in the industry and make call...
16 Mar, 2017, 02.55 PM IST
From smartphones to Wi-Fi, it's raining sops like never before in poll seasonIn Goa, the Congress promises, among other things, petrol; the BJP offers 1 GB data; and the AAP health checkups for women and old people —...
05 Feb, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
Amma retains crown of a debt-laden stateWith the AIADMK returning to power in 2016, that avenue will remain closed to reason out a revenue deficit estimated to touch Rs 9,155 cror...
20 May, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
Don’t expect aggressive stand by telcos in Jan auctions: Abhishek Anand, Centrum Wealth Management LtdIn an interview with ET Now, Abhishek Anand, Analyst-Telecom, Centrum Wealth Management Ltd, shares his views on the upcoming telecom spect...
25 Nov, 2013, 12.28 PM IST
- Unlimited free tickets for Air India CMD's family
While Air India employees make do with two free tickets a year, CMDs get an unlimited number of tickets for their families even in this tim...
03 Oct, 2009, 08.30 AM IST