Supreme Court’s order to amend the cooling-off clause for BCCI office-bearers reverses another distortion it introduced into sports administration. The higher judiciary is belatedly recognising and admitting that it can’t be interfering in or running sports bodies. It should now give up managing other sports bodies still under court control.
Opt-in clause for power subsidies good tweak to AAP’s freebies. Now introduce ‘give it up’
Delhi government’s move to introduce an opt-in clause for power subsidies is a much-needed tweak to AAP’s “freebies for all” message. This should be followed by a ‘give it up’ campaign for those who can afford to pay. This is an important step forward in the freebies vs welfare debate.