With the upcoming high-stakes elections in Delhi, political parties like AAP and BJP focus heavily on offering freebies. However, there's a...

The recent Maharashtra assembly elections saw a significant victory for the BJP-led alliance, leaving the state without a leader of opposit...

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu clarified that the CID is investigating a case of misbehavior, not a mix-up involvin...

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 ...

Lohri, a popular North Indian celebration, marks the end of winter and the harvest of the Rabi crop. It is characterized by bonfires, folk ...

Starting with Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, five Indian states hold assembly elections, setting the stage for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. A weak ...

Modi also hit out at the Congress on the issue, stating what is the meaning of its guarantees when that party's warranty itself has expired...

Speaking to ET as his government completed four years in power on Saturday, Baghel said, "Free electricity to farmers, free foodgrains and ...

As per the proposed guidelines, the parties would have to make standard declaration on promise-wise expenditure, targeted beneficiaries and...

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

The CM said if you are celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, you should have a big heart, adding that all governments have contributed to th...

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after inaugurating the Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, cautioned people against what he ...

"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...

At the Delhi government's Independence Day event at Chhatrasal Stadium here, he also emphasised that school education and healthcare in the...

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla referred to Kejriwal's promise of opening 500 new schools and claimed that two two dozen schools were s...

Giving a free pass to such freebie politics is not merely intellectual dishonesty but is also myopic for invariably in the wake of irrespon...