Hunger games

The chief spokesperson of the Congress party, Ajay Maken, in a live television interview, apparently took great pride in reeling out that, in 2004, the food subsidy bill was only R25,000 crore (about $4.5 billion), which will rise to a massive R1.25 lakh crore (about $23 billion) by the time the Food Security Bill (FSB) is implemented. He was very clearly claiming that by increasing the food subsidy bill five times, his party had proven its pro-poor credentials! The needle has turned full circle. In Indian politics, we now brag about our fiscal profligacy and not try to hide it.

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