The previous few years have seen an unprecedented rise in electoral politics involving freebies and monetary assist. Proper from Delhi to Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh to Jharkhand, the freebies are serving to the political events win the polls. Be it free electrical energy or bus, month-to-month monetary assist for girls or college students, the political events are coming with one after one other scheme to lure voters.
Nonetheless, the burden of those schemes falls on the exchequer and never all of the states are able to bear such an enormous extra monetary burden. Congress-ruled states like Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh are going through monetary crunch and thus are in search of one or one other option to generate income, that can dent the pockets of the frequent man.
Whereas Himachal Pradesh has determined to cast off free public bathrooms for males, Karnataka has determined to extend the bust fare by 15%. Apparently, since buses are free for girls in Karnataka as promised by the Congress authorities, the boys should pay extra to journey in buses.
Only a day in the past, Shimla Municipal Company determined to impose Rs 5 price for males for utilizing public bathrooms. The choice got here because the state is struggling to fulfill its bills as a consequence of welfare schemes together with freebies. The Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu himself relinquished the free electrical energy and urged rich households to observe go well with to minimize the burden on the state funds.
Now, the Congress-ruled Karnataka authorities has determined to extend the bus fares within the state-owned transport companies by 15 per cent. The choice was taken in view of the substantial hike in operational prices corresponding to enhance in spending on gas costs and workers, Karnataka Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H Okay Patil mentioned. The transfer is anticipated to generate Rs 74.85 crore month-to-month and about Rs 784 crore yearly.
The Minister additionally underlined that ‘Shakti’ assure will proceed. Shakti provides free journey for Karnataka girls in state-owned non-luxury buses throughout the state. Within the present fiscal, Rs 5,015 crore has been earmarked for the ‘Shakti’ scheme, the Minister defined.
The BJP and the AAP are additionally providing many freebies together with free financia assist to girls voters. A please is already earlier than the Supreme Courtroom difficult the freebies tradition.
