Subsidy elimination has been conceived in such a spirit. Besides, if the Budget deficits are to be brought under control, subsidies in every form have to be done away with. But some of the ministers will have none of it.
Populism is their creed.
Pampering the employees is their functional norm. With the result, with every bonanza, employees are asking for more, till the bottom of the barrel is scraped. Look at Paswan's announcement of the week. About 3.2 lakh non-gazetted staff of the Telecom Department are to be given free telephone connections. There will be no registration and installation charges for these employees.