Guj's financial position makes it easy to go for freebies. But should it?

The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5, and the results will be declared on December 8

At the outset, Gujarat seems quite a prosperous state. Its per capita income was Rs 2,41,507 in 2020-21, which was 65 per cent higher than the national average of Rs 1,46,087. 

However, 18.6 per cent of the population in the state, which will see two-phase polling for the Assembly elections in December, was multi-dimensionally poor in 2015-16. Though it was less than the national average of 25.1 per cent, 15 states were better off than Gujarat in this respect.

The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5, and the results will be declared