Populist Schemes

Many states are spending high amounts on populist schemes and with the GST compensation ending in June, they need to re-prioritise their expenditure

In a marathon meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a few officials raised concern over populist schemes announced by several states, claiming they are economically unsustainable and could take them down the same path as Sri Lanka

At least two of the five poll-bound states today rushed to announce populist schemes hours ahead of the election dates being announced. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal introduced various policy changes seemingly aimed at electoral prospects. The model code of conduct, which comes into effect immediately after the Election Commission declares the poll da...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress and the two other key opposition parties of Uttar Pradesh, accusing them of doing little for farmers. Rolling out the populist mega scheme for cash transfer to farmers at Gorakhpur - the stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath - he said previous governments "talked a lot" and came up wit...

UP budget 2019: The Uttar Pradesh government today presented a Rs. 4.79 lakh crore budget for 2019-20, and announced populist schemes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Uttar Pradesh government today presented a Rs 4.79 lakh crore budget for 2019-20, and announced populist schemes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress today jeered at the government's long-awaited big interim-budget announcement today -- a populist scheme of cash transfer to farmers instead of subsidy. The amount, which breaks down to Rs 500 a month, is no more than "peanuts", senior party leader Ahmed Patel tweeted.

A slew of populist schemes like 'Raithu Bandhu' investment support scheme for farmers and social security pensions paid handsome dividends to Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, whose party led in more than 85 of the state's 119 seats.

In his last full budget before coming up for re-election, Karnataka's Congress government found inspiration in the populist schemes of Arvind Kejriwal, J Jayalalithaa and Akhilesh Yadav.

With elections being called in five states today including Uttar Pradesh, whether the government can present its budget for the coming year on February 1 is being reviewed by the Election Commission.

Freebies galore and populist schemes under the popular 'Amma' brand became the hallmark of late J Jayalalithaa's tenure as Chief Minister, helping her steamroll arch-rival M Karunanidhi's DMK in this year's Assembly polls.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday challenged the AAP to implement populist schemes like 'Laadli Laxmi' and 'Griha Aadhar' introduced in Goa by the BJP government, instead of giving "empty speeches" in the poll bound state.

For Chennai entrepreneur A Kasilingam, broadband internet has become 50 per cent cheaper. After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's latest populist scheme, broadband is available for as low as Rs 300 a month across Tamil Nadu.

In a populist move, the Nitish Kumar led Bihar government has decided to relax the required percentage of attendance for students to avail government schemes. Till now students in government schools needed to have a minimum of 75 per cent attendance in order to be eligible for schemes like free uniform, scholarship and bicycles.

In a span of 15 days since Tamil Nadu government rolled out one of its populist scheme of subsidised cement sale for the poor, over one-lakh bags of 'Amma Cement' weighing about 5,000 metric tonne has been sold across the state.

Many states are spending high amounts on populist schemes and with the GST compensation ending in June, they need to re-prioritise their expenditure

In a marathon meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a few officials raised concern over populist schemes announced by several states, claiming they are economically unsustainable and could take them down the same path as Sri Lanka

At least two of the five poll-bound states today rushed to announce populist schemes hours ahead of the election dates being announced. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal introduced various policy changes seemingly aimed at electoral prospects. The model code of conduct, which comes into effect immediately after the Election Commission declares the poll da...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress and the two other key opposition parties of Uttar Pradesh, accusing them of doing little for farmers. Rolling out the populist mega scheme for cash transfer to farmers at Gorakhpur - the stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath - he said previous governments "talked a lot" and came up wit...

UP budget 2019: The Uttar Pradesh government today presented a Rs. 4.79 lakh crore budget for 2019-20, and announced populist schemes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Uttar Pradesh government today presented a Rs 4.79 lakh crore budget for 2019-20, and announced populist schemes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress today jeered at the government's long-awaited big interim-budget announcement today -- a populist scheme of cash transfer to farmers instead of subsidy. The amount, which breaks down to Rs 500 a month, is no more than "peanuts", senior party leader Ahmed Patel tweeted.

A slew of populist schemes like 'Raithu Bandhu' investment support scheme for farmers and social security pensions paid handsome dividends to Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, whose party led in more than 85 of the state's 119 seats.

In his last full budget before coming up for re-election, Karnataka's Congress government found inspiration in the populist schemes of Arvind Kejriwal, J Jayalalithaa and Akhilesh Yadav.

With elections being called in five states today including Uttar Pradesh, whether the government can present its budget for the coming year on February 1 is being reviewed by the Election Commission.

Freebies galore and populist schemes under the popular 'Amma' brand became the hallmark of late J Jayalalithaa's tenure as Chief Minister, helping her steamroll arch-rival M Karunanidhi's DMK in this year's Assembly polls.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday challenged the AAP to implement populist schemes like 'Laadli Laxmi' and 'Griha Aadhar' introduced in Goa by the BJP government, instead of giving "empty speeches" in the poll bound state.

For Chennai entrepreneur A Kasilingam, broadband internet has become 50 per cent cheaper. After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's latest populist scheme, broadband is available for as low as Rs 300 a month across Tamil Nadu.

In a populist move, the Nitish Kumar led Bihar government has decided to relax the required percentage of attendance for students to avail government schemes. Till now students in government schools needed to have a minimum of 75 per cent attendance in order to be eligible for schemes like free uniform, scholarship and bicycles.

In a span of 15 days since Tamil Nadu government rolled out one of its populist scheme of subsidised cement sale for the poor, over one-lakh bags of 'Amma Cement' weighing about 5,000 metric tonne has been sold across the state.