: Check your fiscal strength before offering freebies, Nirmala Sitharaman tells states #IndiaNEWS Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday advised states offering social welfare schemes

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Check your fiscal strength before offering freebies, Nirmala Sitharaman tells states #IndiaNEWS
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday advised states offering social welfare schemes to check their financial strength and make budgetary provisions accordingly, PTI reported.“You may promise something,â€? she said. “And I’m not saying you should not do it. Do it but make sure you understand the financial level of your state, the fiscal strength of your state.â€?The finance minister made the remarks during an event organised by the Economic Cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi.The debate about social welfare schemes started after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 16 had described promising freebies to voters as “revdi cultureâ€?. Revdi is a sweet made of jaggery and sesame.At an event in Panipat on August 10, Modi added that such announcements increase the burden on taxpayers and stop the country from becoming self-reliant.The remarks by the prime minister invited sharp criticism from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who alleged that the central government’s opposition to social welfare schemes for the citizens showed that its finances were in a bad shape.Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party, has built its support base through welfare schemes funded by government subsidies, also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre of taxing the poor to “write off the loans of their friendp Ë’[ˆ™ÜÛœÙKÚ]˜[X[ˆYØZYÙZœš]Ø[ØË‹‹”™XY[Ü™H

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