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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicWelfare state

Topic: Welfare state

Moksha, not motor cars—BR Shenoy’s idea of a truly Indian welfare state

BR Shenoy -
In a 1957 lecture, free-market economist BR Shenoy warned that India's welfare state must stay rooted in Dharma, not drift toward consumerist excess.

Europe’s social welfare economies must now focus on defence. How, is the question

John Letzing -
As global diplomacy heads in an uncertain direction, many European leaders see a need to swiftly ramp up defence spending.

How AAP govt can rationalise free electricity, reduce subsidy burden, and keep poll promise

Pushpa Pathak -
Over 80 per cent households benefit from the generous power subsidy in Delhi, including many middle and higher income households.

In the debate over freebies, India is forgetting it traded rule of law for welfare services

Renuka Sane -
India's want for freebies comes from envy of European welfare countries. But the govt must fix the law first.

More jobs can shock-proof the Indian economy. Unemployment allowance can be cushion for now

TN Ninan -
Firms must build buffers, concerted indigenisation needed in strategic sectors like defence. At individual level, partial social safety net now exists, but more funding required.

Rule of law urgent challenge for Pakistan, India has ‘apartheid rule of law’, writes Imran Khan

Pia Krishnankutty -
In op-ed for ‘The Express Tribune’, Imran Khan says Pakistan must embody 5 guiding principles of state of Madina (Islamic version of welfare state) built by Prophet Muhammad.

India is becoming welfare state before developed state. But even welfare it does badly

Ajay Chhibber -
In ‘Unshackling India’, Ajay Chhibber and Salman Anees Soz write that India needs to free the economic system from State controls, reduce the footprint of the State.

Socialists vs conservatives harmed Indian education. Bahujans need market forces

Vipin P. Veetil -
Bahujans will benefit greatly from access to contestable markets in education, though it may not meet egalitarian fancies of well-meaning comrades.

Amartya Sen & Jean Drèze are Left heroes but it would be wrong to call them simple statists

Jaithirth Rao -
Amartya Sen’s emphatic plea for liberating Indian entrepreneurship has not received attention. Neither has Jean Drèze’s concerns over a hostile state.

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Opinion

The solution to deteriorating India-US relations—go nuclear

David Santoro -
New Delhi should now speed up its legal reforms to facilitate the participation of foreign companies in its nuclear development efforts.

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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