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Bangalore(+State of Karnataka) is currently having free transit, but only for women. Which seems to have drawn anger from Meninist circles. People who support
by kamaal 11mo ago
Bangalore(+State of Karnataka) is currently having free transit, but only for women.
Which seems to have drawn anger from Meninist circles.
People who support this say, it gives more mobility to women from poor and lower middle class households, and hence better employment opportunities, increased family incomes and by the effect taxes as well.
People who criticise this say, the expenses for free rides are offloaded to already burdened tax payers, who quite honestly in the Indian system get nothing in return. These forever increasing free perks for sets of people who won't contribute anything back, at the expense of ever increasing burden on people who are expected to pay without expecting anything in return, won't end well.
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- watwut 11mo agoWhy are women considered to be people who "wont contribute anything back"? But also, why are women specifically traveling for free? What was the original argument?
- kamaal 11mo ago>>Why are women considered to be people who "wont contribute anything back"? Not women in specific, but India has a huge informal economy sector, where payments, salaries, spending are done outside of the tax system. Most people who take these buses work in that economy. So you end up enabling that part of the economy. At the expense of people paying taxes. It wouldn't be any different, if men got free rides as well. >>But also, why are women specifically traveling for free? What was the original argument? Women as a vote bank, has been a growing trend in Indian politics. In a lot of states far more generous perks are given to women. For eg- https://cleartax.in/s/ladli-behna-yojana https://cleartax.in/s/ladli-behna-yojana By offering these perks, you are basically buying votes from 50% of the net voting population. So a lot of states offer these perks.