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Failed eKYC, income ceiling, CAG audit and more: Why Maharashtra dropped 92 lakh Ladki Bahin beneficiaries

Maharashtra has removed over 92 lakh beneficiaries from its flagship Ladki Bahin Yojana after a statewide verification drive exposed widespread eKYC failures and eligibility violations, a move that could save the state more than Rs 16,500 crore annually while raising fresh questions over the scheme's financial management.

Cash handouts to women and youth, 8 gram gold, silk sarees, 6 LPG cylinders and more: Vijay’s TVK may form the govt, but how...

In fulfilling the poll promises, the state government's projected annual expenditure on welfare spending alone will go up to ₹1 lakh crore.

“What kind of culture are we developing?” Supreme Court questions blanket freebies, warns of impact on work ethic

The bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, drew a clear line between targeted welfare and blanket giveaways.

INDI alliance’s freebie politics exposed: DMK rolls out cash, laptops as ‘welfare’ ahead of 2026 Tamil Nadu polls after accusing BJP of ‘Vote Revdi’...

Congress and DMK accused the BJP of engaging in corrupt practices over providing 10,000 to each woman in Bihar.

Mamata govt delays DA to employees in violation of SC order, claims ‘severe financial crisis’ but doles out ‘bhata’ to 55,000 Imams: Here is...

On 16th May this year, a 2-Judge Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta directed the West Bengal government to release 25% of the DA arrears accumulated between 2009 and 2019.

Congress govt in Himachal Pradesh, which came to power on the back of promising freebies, now hikes milk prices by ₹6 per litre

The price of cow milk has increased from ₹45 to ₹51 per litre and buffalo milk has jumped from ₹55 to ₹61 per litre.

Congress govt in Himachal Pradesh now eyes temple money to fund welfare schemes, after bankrupting state with freebies

Himachal Pradesh's Congress govt wants temple funds for Mukhyamantri Sukh-Aashray Yojana and Mukhyamantri Sukh Shiksha Yojna.

Cash-strapped and struggling after promising freebies, Congress govt in Himachal Pradesh now plans to lease century-old property

Hotel Wildflower Hall was being run as a high-end hotel by the HPTDC before it was destroyed in a fire in 1993.

Congress’ new year gift to voters: Karnataka govt announces 15% increase in bus fares, read how the party’s freebie politics is damaging the state’s...

Congress govt in Karnataka hikes bus fares of KSRTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC by 15% citing rising cost of operation

‘You have no money, how will you upgrade infrastructure’: Delhi HC slams AAP government’s freebie culture while hearing plea seeking High-level probe into death...

Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela stated the Delhi government has little money to upgrade the infrastructure, especially the city's drainage system, in light of Delhi's increasing population, due to the "freebie culture".

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