Dash for cash: Why Congress must look before its leaps
Cash transfers may be vote-winners, but if good politics must translate to good economics the Congress should do more homework on it. The post Dash for cash: Why Congress must look before its leaps...
View ArticleDash for cash: PMO, Chidu and Ramesh aren’t on same page
It's becoming increasingly clear that the Congress has jumped into direct cash transfers without even having got all stakeholders on the same page The post Dash for cash: PMO, Chidu and Ramesh aren’t...
View ArticleCash transfers: govt’s rush may lead to its failure
An expert warns that cash transfers are no panacea. But they work only if they are rolled out slowly, learning lessons along the way The post Cash transfers: govt’s rush may lead to its failure...
View ArticleCash transfers: Come polls, NAC views go into dustbin
The UPA and Sonia Gandhi are turning a deaf year to their own National Advisory Council's apprehensions on cash transfers. The post Cash transfers: Come polls, NAC views go into dustbin appeared first...
View ArticleCong schizophrenia: Cash transfers or food security?
What is the point of a food security bill when the government is also going full steam ahead with cash transfers? The post Cong schizophrenia: Cash transfers or food security? appeared first on...
View ArticleMayawati blows PM bugle, asks party workers to aim for Red Fort
Addressing a rally of party workers here, the former UP chief minister asked her party workers to ensure a big victory for BSP in the next general elections The post Mayawati blows PM bugle, asks party...
View ArticleLPG cash subsidy: How oil cos will pay for UPA re-election
The PMO is planning to pay the LPG cash subsidy for only one cylinder upfront: this means the oil companies will bear a part of the UPA's re-election costs The post LPG cash subsidy: How oil cos will...
View ArticleMemo to Sonia: Cash transfer may not get you a win in 2014
The direct cash transfer scheme will work if implemented properly over the next three to four years. It won't deliver political dividends by 2014. The post Memo to Sonia: Cash transfer may not get you...
View ArticleBite this: Survey proves cash transfer critics wrong
Cash transfers to the poor, so the cynics would have us believe, are a bad idea because they will be misused. Men will divert money for food, education and health to alcohol and tobacco consumption....
View ArticleResistance to Modi’s ambitious welfare schemes: Why the PM needs to get bolder
Economists at brokerage CLSA estimate potential savings at $13-$15 billion The post Resistance to Modi’s ambitious welfare schemes: Why the PM needs to get bolder appeared first on Firstpost.
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