Retarding The Nation: Freebies and Financial Relaxations
Economics had taught me that a Nation witnesses two phases of boost up. One is growth and the other is development. Growth is when, a particular section, area, or field finds a comparative boost up from the previous years, or other competitive nations. And, Development includes the altogether growth of the economy. Which surely means no negation, no partiality, no section of the society being left out, no community being oppressed on any grounds. Development of a Nation reclines on the seat of an overall mass economic growth inclusive of each and every citizen, in each and every industry of production. But where are we? In a class which I was attending a few days back, my teacher said, “We, Indians take freebies for granted”. True. As much as we question why the petrol and tomato prices are increasing rapidly at a blink of the eye. We do not argue much when suddenly the state or central Governments announces freebies like ‘lakkhi-bhandar’, ‘rupa-shree’, ‘free bus fares’ or ...