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Live | Vote Guarantees vs Economic Growth: Economist Surjit Bhalla advocates for growth-centric policies over freebies

How 2023 state elections can set the stage for general elections in 2024 and prod parties to offer more guarantees for votes. As economist and former India ED at IMF, Surjit Bhalla explains that freebies don’t lead to better human development indicators. Growth does. And that states should be allowed to raise funds from capital markets to fund their freebies.

first published: Nov 29, 2023 05:01 pm

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