Evidence shows budget handouts may not get Modi or BJP any more votes than they would have got otherwise. Samajwadi Party lost 2017 UP polls despite the sops.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
An apt analysis of the little impact of doles on the electoral politics. A correct assessment. But it lost its way when you wrote, ” Will this budget help the BJP in subduing farmer and middle-class dissatisfaction and controlling the narrative? Maybe. Will it be a game-changer and swing the election in its favour? Highly unlikely.” Here is the issue of subjectivity.
The farm insurance scheme seems to be fizzling out. Universal Medicare for 50 crore Indians has been launched with a modest budget of 2,000 crores and is already running short of money, with tiny coverage. These initiatives cannot swing a national election.
Bashing comments / reactions to Sandip Roy are mostly from males. Surely, his effort did not go in vein!!
An apt analysis of the little impact of doles on the electoral politics. A correct assessment. But it lost its way when you wrote, ” Will this budget help the BJP in subduing farmer and middle-class dissatisfaction and controlling the narrative? Maybe. Will it be a game-changer and swing the election in its favour? Highly unlikely.” Here is the issue of subjectivity.
The farm insurance scheme seems to be fizzling out. Universal Medicare for 50 crore Indians has been launched with a modest budget of 2,000 crores and is already running short of money, with tiny coverage. These initiatives cannot swing a national election.