Freebies: A culture of catastrophe
By: Kumar, Praveen
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BookPublisher: ASCI Journal of Management Description: 53(1&2), Mar & Sep., 2024: p17-34.Subject(s): elections, freebie, public, distribution, mindsetSummary: At the announcement of elections by Election Commission of India (ECI), the political
parties come into motion and announce various electoral attractions. With utmost
neglect to financial health of State, the political parties blabber about election
bonanza before public as a door to tinsel world. The difference between welfare
measures and freebies for public, though thin, is clear. Broadly speaking, public
distribution system, employment schemes and state’s support for education and
health are considered as welfare expenses. Conversely, free electricity, periodical
cash guarantees, free water, free public transportation, waiver of pending utility
bills and farm loan waivers fall in freebies group.Freebies linked with growth of
individual or State is not a road to wisdom. Rather, it is elevator which can take us
only to bottomless pitch of hell. To sift welfare measures from the politically coated
freebies it is suggested that a wing within the ECI should be in place as a watch
dog. The three member wing should be headed by a retired Supreme Court or High
Court Judge with two seasoned members from public. Let all political parties submit
their respective manifestos, before that is authenticated for publication, to this
wing of ECI on or before a fixed date for vetting.With strengthening of ECI, the
dispassionate electorates can change the mindset of political parties. If there is
hope, it lies in the electorates. If only they could become conscious of their own
strength and capability, they need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse
shaking off flies. - Reproduced
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At the announcement of elections by Election Commission of India (ECI), the political
parties come into motion and announce various electoral attractions. With utmost
neglect to financial health of State, the political parties blabber about election
bonanza before public as a door to tinsel world. The difference between welfare
measures and freebies for public, though thin, is clear. Broadly speaking, public
distribution system, employment schemes and state’s support for education and
health are considered as welfare expenses. Conversely, free electricity, periodical
cash guarantees, free water, free public transportation, waiver of pending utility
bills and farm loan waivers fall in freebies group.Freebies linked with growth of
individual or State is not a road to wisdom. Rather, it is elevator which can take us
only to bottomless pitch of hell. To sift welfare measures from the politically coated
freebies it is suggested that a wing within the ECI should be in place as a watch
dog. The three member wing should be headed by a retired Supreme Court or High
Court Judge with two seasoned members from public. Let all political parties submit
their respective manifestos, before that is authenticated for publication, to this
wing of ECI on or before a fixed date for vetting.With strengthening of ECI, the
dispassionate electorates can change the mindset of political parties. If there is
hope, it lies in the electorates. If only they could become conscious of their own
strength and capability, they need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse
shaking off flies. - Reproduced
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1soA-RxfZq96SmkhXX_2pdVsdZxoG2yNR/view
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