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Freebie Movement

Name: Freebie Movement
Uploaded: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 15 min
Description: The freebies offered as election promises is a common phenomenon in Indian politics. Do freebies constitute welfare or are just a tool to get votes? The question has been at the centre of the political discourse since July last year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the poll doles as “revdis”. Are freebies alternative to public welfare?

2023 • 1 Season • Politics

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The freebies offered as election promises is a common phenomenon in Indian politics. Do freebies constitute welfare or are just a tool to get votes? The question has been at the centre of the political discourse since July last year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the poll doles as “revdis”. Are freebies alternative to public welfare?

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Season 1

PM Modi's 'revdi-culture' remark has ignited the debate around freebie-centered electoral politics. Are they making India bankrupt? Or are they rightful necessities being passed on to citizens of a welfare state?

The maddening race for subsidies constraints government resources leading to increasing debts on states. Between 2018-19 and 2023-24, while the total GSDP of states increased by 60%, the subsidy bill of states went up by 124% in the same period. Do freebies kill state finances?