 | No part of globe is 'prospering with human rights' as India is, claims V-P DhankharDhankhar also claimed that the politics of so-called freebies is seeing a mad race distort expenditure priorities, undercutting the basic framework of macroeconomic stability. |
 | Copying Karnataka model, Congress launches free travel for women, health insurance in TelanganaUnder the Rajiv Arogyasri health scheme, the poor would get financial coverage of Rs 10 lakh; under 'Mahalakshmi' scheme, women can travel for free in Transport Corporation buses |
 | 'If there was compassionate capitalism, what need for corporate social responsibility?', Priyanka Kharge’s riposte to Narayana MurthyNoting that the government had rolled out the guarantee scheme just a few months ago, Kharge said that those who criticise the schemes should wait at least one full financial cycle. |
 | Voter agency in assembly polls is a win for democracyPoll results will unravel in five states soon. The electorate is becoming more experimental, layered and unpredictable, making election management a pollster’s nightmare. |
 | Assembly polls reduced to contest of cash and freebiesThe political compulsion to ramp up compensation is manifest in data—more than half the households in over 15 states depend on agriculture. |
 | Rajasthan Police seizes Rs 200-crore worth poll 'freebies' since model code enforcedBesides this, he said, drugs worth Rs 60 crore, petrol, diesel and illegally stored fertilizer, meant to influence voters, were also seized in various districts |
 | Parties should explain viability of promisesThere is also the promise of freebies. The Congress has already announced six guarantees including free travel, monthly doles for women, and higher financial assistance for farmers. |
 | Freebies ahead of polls: SC takes note of PIL, seeks responses from MP, Rajasthan governments“There can be nothing more atrocious than the government distributing cash before the polls,” the petitioners’ counsel argued. |
 | CEC tells Telangana government to keep strict vigil on money flow during pollsTo prevent any sort of inducement of voters through interstate borders with Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, as many as 148 police checkposts would be set up, the CEC said. |
 | Curb flow of cash, ganja to ensure free & fair elections: ECI to Telangana policeThe DEOs, SPs and CPs of all three Commissionerates have given presentations on poll preparedness in the State to the ECI. |
 | Karnataka ex-MLA Yathindra says distributed iron boxes, cookers, video goes viralYathindra, however, claimed in the video that the items were distributed to ensure his victory and not his father’s. |
 | Fiscal prudence a must, differentiate between freebies, welfarismIt is time for political parties and the Election Commission to lay down basic guidelines to distinguish between a welfare scheme and an irrational freebie. |
 | Welfare schemes: States should look for new revenue streamsTamil Nadu has the highest outstanding debt among all states and union territories. |
 | Tax dept to check illegal inducement of votersThe CBIC will be teaming with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to prevent the flow of suspicious cash, illicit liquor, drugs/narcotics, freebies and smuggled goods during election. |
 | No more free coffee on your birthday? Companies rein in customer rewards programs — here’s whyThe cost of maintaining loyalty programs, recent impacts of inflation and changes in consumer behaviour are among the reasons why companies may be pulling back, say some experts. |
 | Take back remark on freebies, AAP tells Delhi L-GA couple of days ago, Saxena had said the people of the capital are now “used to freebies”. |
 | ‘Don’t insult city dwellers’: Delhi CM to L-G on ‘freebies’The chief minister asked him not to “insult” the “hard-working people” of the national capital. Saxena allegedly remarked that the people of Delhi had grown accustomed to receiving free benefits. |
 | 'Cheap popularity': Karnataka Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy retracts criticism of five guaranteesThis criticism of Congress policies by the Nagamangala MLA found resonance among BJP sympathisers. |
 | Transport union urges TN govt not to wait for public events to disburse retirement benefitsTransport Minister S Sivasankar also distributed cheques to another section of workers during a public event in Madurai three days later." |
 | Opposition flays Karnataka govt, asks what’s the cost of guaranteesOpposition parties put the state government on the mat for putting riders on the freebies. |
