Cash transfer schemes shouldn't be treated as freebies. That said, their popularity will have major implications for our democracy ...

The way it's going, it looks like soon all women in India will have Rs 2,500 as passive income,' Sandip Sabharwal said in an ...

The Hemant Soren government in August 2023, promised Rs 1,000-monthly aid to women aged between 18 and 50 falling under the ...

Women-centric schemes resonate across States and have also delivered stunning electoral wins. But while they might form the ...

From Bihar to Maharashtra, direct benefit transfers to women are delivering electoral wins, but questions remain about voting ...

Economists have long cautioned against such practices. N.K. Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, has criticized ...

As the Assembly poll storm cloud gathers over the Capital skies, it is once again raining ‘freebies’ on the voter. AAP finds ...

In 2022, 15th Finance Commission chairman N K Singh had cautioned that freebies are not the road to efficiency or prosperity, ...

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In a dramatic shift in India’s electoral landscape, political leaders are increasingly vying for women’s votes through financial aid and empowerment schemes, sidelining the caste and religious ...

Announcing a scheme for the people of the state and especially for women is becoming a guarantee of victory in elections.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar postponed his Mahila Samvad Yatra ... Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, under which women got a monthly assistance of ₹1,500, in its recent election victory.