freebies
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: TDP promises several freebies ahead of 2024 polls
Rajamahendravaram: Near a year ahead of the Andhra Pradesh elections, the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday promised several freebies. TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that…
- Entertainment
Freebies worth Rs 1 cr: That’s inside the goodie bag each Oscar nominee gets
Chennai: All the nominees in the 2023 Oscar get a swag bag whether they win the Academy honours or not. The bag has a diverse array of goodies varying from small businesses…
- Telangana
TRS slams BJP’s double standards on ‘freebies’
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for what it calls its double standards on ‘freebies’. TRS working president K. T. Rama Rao came down heavily on Thursday…
- India
SC says freebies may push state towards bankruptcy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday noted that freebies announced by political parties may push the state towards imminent bankruptcy, as it framed preliminary issues which require further deliberation before concrete…
- Top Stories
All political parties including BJP are in favour of freebies, says SC
New Delhi: All political parties including BJP are in favour of freebies and due to this a judicial attempt has been made to deal with it, said the Supreme Court on Tuesday…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP govt impleads itself in ‘freebies’ case, calls them ‘social investment’
Amaravati: While the TRS government in Telangana is taking on BJP politically over the current row on freebies, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh is keen to wage a…
- India
Freebies are never free; inform voters of its impact: RBI member
New Delhi: Freebies are never ‘free’ and when political parties offer such schemes, they must be required to make the financing and trade-offs clear to voters, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Member…
- India
Loan write-offs for rich people are freebies, not welfare schemes: RJD
Patna: At a time when a large section of people in this country are struggling to achieve financial empowerment, there are two types of ideologies running parallel in the country. One is to…
- Delhi
Free education, healthcare not freebies, can eliminate poverty: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and access to these services can make India rich and eliminate the country’s poverty…
- Chennai
Spending on health, education can’t be freebies: Tamil Nadu CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said the expenditure incurred by the government on education and health cannot be construed as freebies and stated such measures were being…
- Politics
Centre spending taxpayers’ money to waive loans of super rich: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday weighed in on the freebie debate and raised doubts over the Central government’s finances while questioning its policies. Kejriwal said that taxpayers’ money…
- India
Kejriwal giving ‘perverse twist’ to debate on freebies: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for giving a “perverse twist” to the debate on freebies, saying the AAP leader’s comments are…
- India
Centre’s opposition to free facilities indicates financial issues: Kejriwal
New Delhi: There seems to be something wrong with the Centre’s finances the way it is “strongly opposing” free facilities for people, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Citing the…
- Telangana
Welfare schemes for the poor are not ‘freebies’: MLC Kavitha
Hyderabad: Telangana Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kalvakuntla Kavitha said on Tuesday that welfare schemes for poor people are not ‘freebies,’ and waiving loans of “dupe agencies” are actual freebies. “In Telangana,…
- India
Supreme Court asks Centre to take Finance Commission’s views on freebies
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to engage with the Finance Commission on the issue of political parties inducing voters through freebies, and examine if there is a…
