DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi has defended government welfare initiatives. She stated that schemes like free bus travel for women ...

Party General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami released the document at the party headquarters in Chennai, highlighting economic relief and...

The Supreme Court has shifted the freebies debate. It now focuses on economic impact, not just bribery. Financial constraints are real, the...

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta presented the first budget, focusing on a significant increase in capital expenditure and delivering on electoral prom...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed that a government should be able to generate “adequate” revenue from providing primary require...

Ahead of Union Budget 2024, we discuss the upcoming interim Budget in India and the debate surrounding welfare schemes and freebies. Prime ...

In Rajasthan, a political test looms to find out if freebies can win elections. Despite PM Narendra Modi's criticism of freebies, some view...

The issue of welfare measures versus freebies needs a rethink and the Supreme Court panel should define limits on how much states can spend...

In its October 27 reply to the ECI's communication on the issue, the BJP has, however, said any proposal to introduce a "standardised discl...

Terming social security a top priority of his government, Gehlot questioned that when the prime minister launches such schemes, they are no...

If freebie is the sole guiding factor for the voter, then the Congress, which promised Rs 72,000 a year to the poorest 5 crore people under...

The power of Election Commission to fight freebies has remained vague and limited. There have only been a few instances where the EC exerci...

"There has to be a distinction between the offer of ornaments, television sets, consumer electronics free of cost and real welfarist offers...

"There has been a talk about 'revdi' (freebie) culture but I do not consider it as such. These are public welfare schemes. In Rajasthan, on...

Freebies and social welfare schemes are two different things, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a balance has to be struck between the eco...

Late K Kamaraj between 1954 and 1963 had introduced the concepts of free education and free food for school students to supplement their ed...

American bars in the 19th century were famous for their freebies. You could get free lunch by just buying a drink.