'Freebies Are In Some Ways Symptoms Of A Problem': Arvind Subramanian | Reality Check

"Freebies are in some ways, symptoms of a problem...The underlying problem being the Indian State has not been very good at providing health, education, growth and employment", former Chief Economic Advisor Dr Arvind Subramanian tells NDTV.

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[thepeacefulwarrior]

Why has this lying PM distributed rations, continued with MNREGA, which he himself derided when CM? But big time revedi indeed for Ambani, Adaani, the hundreds of thousands of crores the BJP has cancelled in loans of the richest of scammers? His own yojanas go into thousands of crores with taxpayer money and yet he shamelessly slaps his photo on those benefits as if he bore the cost. SICK MINDS!

[Hanan-ls]

Policies of AAP do make sense, only through educated and healthy people India can become number one nation on the planet 🌎 We must overthrow BJP and Congress’s Tom&Jerry GAME

[satishnarayan]

Loan waivers, handing out licenses & national assets to a select few, loan write off etc are the real freebies...I do not really understand the freebie a middle class such as myself get...we are forced to use private hospitals/schools despite paying 30% tax on income, we pay road tax but get pathetic roads...we pay property tax but dont get anything in return.If you see advanced economies, they pay much higher personal income tax but get so much in return.

[ALIYYILA]

All these so-called freebies are negligible....yes compared to the Mega freebies given to selective corporates in the name of loan waiver - in lakhs of crores.
But these dramatists are freebies.... without knowing the backdoor mega corporate Ridiculous, you know?

[MoonMoon-]

Some of the newly built roads, bridges are in bad shape or falling down... Which agency of the government is going after the contractors and other concerned.. who ate the commission....

[shanmugampn]

Modiji himself handed over subsidised scooty to women in Tamilnadu.

[shivakumars]

India needs basic things like free education , free health facility, nourishment to children which will help in developing the country, in addition subsidized power supply and water and food grains for the poorest of the poor is also essential in upbringing the families in the society .

[chiradipbhattacharyya]

What about freebies given to MPs and MLAs?

[ch]

very poor on arvind part to not scrutinizing delhi and punjab electric free scheme thoroughly, which can be invested in primary school and hospital

[danywinston]

Free bees should not be given even to BPL card holders till 60yrs age limit. It all started by MK in Tamil Nadu in 2009 and followed by all southern states spoiled the work force. Now we depend on other states people for work. It is wrong in all ways.

[bharatidsouza]

BJP stands for they praise themselves.... opposition does....then it is crime

[Komal_US]

There is a difference between Welfare schemes and free bees.

[ALIYYILA]

Why is nobody filing PL against BJP's outright corporate loan waivers in lakhs of crores?
Are freebies to corporates, to make them richest in the world, sucking the blood of the poor citizens in the name of taxes, OK? Is this not cruel?

[Con_founded]

When I give it's laddoo, when others give it's revdis. Sweet nothings of Indian politics.

[gaunikarora]

NDTV 's 2 favourite pet economists Raghuram Rajan & Arvind

[kashishsadafalina]

Pls CUET pe news dijiye Aaj hamara exam phir se cancel ho gaya
Aur kisi ko kuch khabar hi nhi hai...
NDTV help, atleast raise this issue 😔

[senaeco]

This is BS, even in US lots of freebies are given in various ways. All advanced economies have lots of freebies. Arvind's credentials are highly questionable.

[chandramohanmenon]

Khurchi khatre me hai isliye Aisa bolta hai darpok

[kartikramachandran]

Arvind mentions cooperative federalism a few times in this interview.. it is a non-starter in a complex and diverse country like India

[sameergaonkar]

Mr Jain do you now understand that Kejriwal your favourite is wasting money on power supply. You have to stop misleading Indians. You say Congress needs to come back, that is suicidal for India. Man have some truth in your presentations.