Supreme Court asks Centre, Election Commission to respond to plea against ‘freebies’

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· Oct 15, 2024 · 03:07 pm

Delhi has no money to upgrade infrastructure due to ‘freebie culture’, says High Court

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· Jul 31, 2024 · 03:47 pm

Ground report: Can Telangana’s massive cash transfer regime shield KCR from anti-incumbency?

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· Nov 27, 2023 · 09:00 am

Investing in public well-being is not ‘populism’: Why the ‘freebie’ debate is flawed

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· Apr 18, 2023 · 06:30 am

Centre in talks with Election Commision on reforming electoral laws, says Kiren Rijiju

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· Oct 06, 2022 · 12:07 pm

Political parties should give details of how they plan to finance poll promises, proposes EC

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· Oct 04, 2022 · 06:58 pm

Supreme Court panel can cap spending on freebies, suggests State Bank of India report

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· Oct 04, 2022 · 10:37 am

‘NREGA, Food Security Act, once derided as freebies, ensured Indians didn’t starve during Covid’

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· Aug 27, 2022 · 03:30 pm

‘Freebies’ case: Supreme Court refers petition to three-judge bench

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· Aug 26, 2022 · 11:06 am

‘Freebies’ case: Why can’t Centre call for all-party meeting? asks Supreme Court

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· Aug 24, 2022 · 03:52 pm

All political parties are in support of ‘freebies’, says CJI NV Ramana

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· Aug 23, 2022 · 10:58 pm

State’s duty to equalise wealth among citizens, says DMK defending welfare schemes in Supreme Court

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· Aug 21, 2022 · 07:42 pm

It is unfair to generalise welfare schemes as ‘freebies’, YSR Congress tells Supreme Court

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· Aug 18, 2022 · 11:12 am

The big news: Centre’s U-turn after announcing flats for Rohingyas, and nine other top stories

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· Aug 17, 2022 · 10:43 pm

Can promises of free education, drinking water be described as freebies? asks Supreme Court

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· Aug 17, 2022 · 02:48 pm

Welfare schemes cannot be called freebies, DMK tells Supreme Court

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· Aug 16, 2022 · 11:07 pm

Check your fiscal strength before offering freebies, Nirmala Sitharaman tells states

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· Aug 14, 2022 · 01:58 pm

Arvind Kejriwal has given a ‘perverse twist’ to debate on freebies, says Nirmala Sitharaman

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· Aug 12, 2022 · 08:16 am

‘Something wrong with their finances’: Arvind Kejriwal on Centre’s opposition to freebies

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· Aug 11, 2022 · 07:14 pm

Freebies and social welfare schemes are different, says Chief Justice NV Ramana

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· Aug 11, 2022 · 02:20 pm