Affordability versus public goods: Why politics tends to put everyone on the losing side of this divide
Public goods did not feature as an issue in the recent Bihar state elections, where, as in other states, the winning edge for the incumbent coalition is thought to have been a cash transfer to women ( ₹10,000 each to 10 million beneficiaries), with subsequent layers upto ₹2 lakh promised for an income generating self-employment project. That is a large commitment for a fiscally challenged state.
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