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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Basic Needs Not Freebies; Poor People More Entitled to Receive Them: Jayati Ghosh

Basic Needs Not Freebies; Poor People More Entitled to Receive Them: Jayati Ghosh

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published Published on Aug 19, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 23, 2022

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The economist said the word 'freebies' indicates the class position of those who use it.

New Delhi: Economist Jayati Ghosh said that 'basic needs' like nutrition, healthcare, housing and education, which the government should provide for its citizens, are not freebies, while asserting that the poor are more entitled to receive their basic needs.

Ghosh noted that the word 'freebies' indicates the class position of those who use it.

"India has one of the highest rates of multidimensional poverty in the world, and has done a poor job of ensuring that all its people receive adequate food and nutrition, healthcare, housing, education access, etc.

"In most other countries, universal access to reasonable quality goods and services that constitute 'basic needs' is seen as the responsibility of the state, not as 'freebies'," she told PTI.

Observing that if the political process makes political parties respond to such needs, these should not be seen as freebies, Ghosh said, in fact, the poor in India pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the rich because of the dominance of indirect taxes in tax collection.

"So they are more than entitled to receive their basic needs," the eminent economist asserted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in recent days hit out at the competitive populism of extending 'rewaris' (freebies) which are not just wastage of taxpayers' money but also an economic disaster that could hamper India's drive to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant).

His comments were seen directed at parties like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which have in the run-up to assembly election in states like Punjab and more recently Gujarat promised free electricity and water, among others.

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PTI/ Newsclick.in, 19 August, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/basic-needs-nreebies-poor-people-entitled-receive-jayati-ghosh?fbclid=IwAR3dchvAryPubAWdg39iE8dCLVDdJQ_IzIn_2OLCgaj___abfyU50fQ9YGk


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