Put a stop to these 'anna bhagyas' pleaseThe culture of freebies is not unique to India. It can only change if all political parties agree to stop offering such competitive, expens...
29 Jun, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
Kejriwal got Olympic gold in promising freebies: Union minister Hardeep Singh PuriIn July this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cautioned people against what he called was a "revadi culture" of offering freebies for...
04 Nov, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
Fearing defeat in Gujarat, BJP trying to 'crush' AAP in name of fighting corruption, alleges KejriwalAddressing the first-ever national conclave of his party's elected representatives, Kejriwal also alleged that the Modi government has been...
18 Sep, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
View: There's new energy in opposition space but 2024 polls is unlikely to mirror 1989 electionsThe shift in political discourse was first discernible in early July when four Bihar MLAs deserted Asaduddin Owasi's All India Majlis-e-Itt...
26 Aug, 2022, 11.41 PM IST
Parties should be free to make electoral promises, but detail how a scheme will be financedThe fear of one party gaining by promising freebies forces all parties to do it. Solution: institutional strengthening, limiting the tempta...
17 Aug, 2022, 10.55 PM IST
Not just 'parivarvaad', 'dostvaad' should also end: AAP takes swipe at Modi"Modi ji talks about parivarvaad (dynastic system), but dostvaad (ruined) is also causing a lot of harm to the country. Dostvaad has destro...
15 Aug, 2022, 09.33 PM IST
A fundamental problem of democracies: What constitutes good and bad freebies?Democracy helps countries choose the right priorities. But it can also spur myopic competition in freebies that destroys economies, as in S...
10 Aug, 2022, 10.03 PM IST
BJP Govt waived 10l cr loans of rich friends: Arvind KejriwalThe Delhi CM said an atmosphere was being created against welfare service by terming them "freebies". "These people waived off loans of '10...
09 Aug, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
What is wrong with providing free education, healthcare, asks Kejriwal amid 'revadi culture' debateArvind Kejriwal asked if his government did anything wrong by providing free education and healthcare facilities to the poor.
06 Aug, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
How GoI, BJP and non-BJP states are recklessly competing on freebiesState governments cannot spend beyond a limit. They have not controlled deficits by cutting down non-merit subsidies. Rather, they keep ann...
28 Jul, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
UP govt showering flowers on kanwariyas, bulldozing houses of Muslims: OwaisiAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of adopting a discriminatory approach by showering flower pe...
27 Jul, 2022, 07.42 PM IST
Some parties object to talk on state finances at Lanka meetA total of 28 political parties participated in the meeting in Parliament annexe, where the government fielded eight union ministers to con...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Opposition protests presentation on states at All-Party Meeting on Sri LankaJaishankar mentioned the $3.8 billion support extended by India to Sri Lanka that includes fuel, food, medicines, daily essentials and so o...
19 Jul, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
PM Modi's masterstroke of making India miserable: Opposition on GST on pre-packaged food itemsDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded the Centre to withdraw the tax citing "steep price rise" in the country.
18 Jul, 2022, 09.13 PM IST
Poor, middle class being maligned with talk of 'Revadi culture': Priyanka Gandhi VadraShe also shared an image of GST rates for items such as curd, rice, flour and LED light on one hand and media reports claiming benefits for...
18 Jul, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
PM Modi warns about ‘revadi culture’ of offering free stuff for votes“These days in our country, efforts are being made to distribute revadi (freebies) and gather votes. This revadi culture is detrimental to ...
16 Jul, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
Free education, healthcare not freebies, but efforts towards making India no 1: Arvind KejriwalArvind Kejriwal said his government's schemes for free education, healthcare and electricity were not "freebies" but efforts to lay the fou...
16 Jul, 2022, 05.03 PM IST