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The Politics Of Freebies

Why did Karnataka's economic prosperity fail to influence the nature of electoral promises made by political parties in the run-up to the assembly elections? asks A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE:......

Nirmalaji's New Headache: Food Scheme Extension

The free food scheme is driven by electoral considerations, but its long-term fiscal risks outweigh short-term gains, cautions A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: A women collect her ration from a......

Nobody should go to sleep on empty stomach, ensure foodgrains to all: SC to govt

It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the Central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act......

Eye on Gujarat polls? Govt extends free rations to poor by 3 months

The government on Wednesday extended by three months its programme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of Rs 44,762 crore as it looked to ease pain from high inflation and make political......

Centre to sign peace accord with Assam's tribal militants this month: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Tuesday said that the Centre is likely to sign a peace accord with militant organisations from the state's Adivasi communities within September. Addressing a......

'Do 81 crore Indians deserve highly subsidised food grains?'

'The decision to supply free food grains is not an economically sound decision because the government will find it very difficult in future to charge anything for food grains.' Kindly note the......

Will govt extend free ration scheme PMGKAY beyond Sep?

The government will take a call on extending the PMGKAY scheme to provide free ration to the poor beyond September 30, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday without elaborating on when the......

Wheat prices at record high of Rs 23,547/tonne

A head of its meeting, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) can take some solace from the softening food commodity prices. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters However, the events surrounding the last few......

Govt subsidies to fall 39% to Rs 4.33 lakh cr in FY22

The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to decline by 39 per cent to Rs 4,33,108 crore this fiscal and fall further by 27 per cent to nearly Rs 3.18 lakh crore......

What will cost India Rs 4 trn?

The government's food subsidy in the ongoing fiscal year is expected to be a little less than Rs 4 trillion. IMAGE: Women collect rations from a government depot in Rajasthan. Photograph: PTI......

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The Politics Of Freebies

Nirmalaji's New Headache: Food Scheme Extension

Nobody should go to sleep on empty stomach, ensure foodgrains to all: SC to govt

Eye on Gujarat polls? Govt extends free rations to poor by 3 months

Centre to sign peace accord with Assam's tribal militants this month: Himanta

'Do 81 crore Indians deserve highly subsidised food grains?'

Will govt extend free ration scheme PMGKAY beyond Sep?

Wheat prices at record high of Rs 23,547/tonne

Govt subsidies to fall 39% to Rs 4.33 lakh cr in FY22

What will cost India Rs 4 trn?

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