How the row over ‘freebies’ hides India’s failure to meet the basic needs of its citizens
While it targets welfare schemes, the Union government has also written off crores in outstanding loans for India’s rich and given huge corporate tax rebates.
What is wrong with the language of neoliberal economics?
Have you ever wondered why food and fertilizer assistance to poor citizens is called “subsidy” but tax assistance (tax cuts, tax holidays etc.) to rich corporates is called “incentive” or “stimulus”? Or why when...
It’s Not Freebies, it’s Our Right!
On 3rd April, the Prime Minister held a meeting with the Secretaries of various departments. As per reports, several top bureaucrats flagged their concerns over populist schemes and freebies announced by political parties during...
Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls
One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role welfarism played in overcoming anti-incumbency. Ground reports and political analysts have reported and...
Report: Citizens Report on Four Years of Modi Government
The report “Citizens’ Report on the “Four Years of the NDA Government, 2014-18: Promises & Reality” – a civil society initiative’ is a collective work by experts, development networks and civil society organisations working...
Booklet: Reflections on the Union Budget 2018-19 from the Margins
Union Budget 2018-19: Issues of Marginalised Sections