This refers to the editorial "Bending over backwards" (September 30). One way of not incentivising the "backward race" would be to give whatever special assistance to the backward states by way of loan rather than as doles. Such a loan should be repaid together with interest in instalments. Also, no more special assistance should be given to a backward state until it fully repays the last loan. Otherwise, this will be another saga such as "caste-based reservations" that have encouraged a competitive jostling for being slotted as a backward caste.
Kishor Kulkarni Mumbai
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