Video Short

How India's Voting System Fuels Freebie Politics

Name: How India's Voting System Fuels Freebie Politics
Description: Free bus rides for women, free power for farmers: India's welfare spending keeps favouring narrow groups over universal public goods. This short explores how first-past-the-post elections push politicians toward targeted freebies over broad-based development.

Free bus rides for women, free power for farmers: India's welfare spending keeps favouring narrow groups over universal public goods. This short explores how first-past-the-post elections push politicians toward targeted freebies over broad-based development.

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