The election is one of the pillars of democracy in India. The elections are a fundamental source of democratic countries. Election is the basic tool for any democratic country in this world. A vast group of qualified and eligible citizens of a country decides leader or a representative. The major aim of these freebie schemes is to ensure accessibility and affordability and reduce poverty among weaker sections of the state. It also aims to achieve the goal of improving literacy, generating opportunities for higher education, and enhancing the economic status of marginalized sections in Tamil Nadu. However, these welfare measure policies have been viewed as electoral politics to create vote banks for such political parties. Despite all the controversial debates relating to it, the freebies are offered by Tamil Nadu as a political strategy. This chapter prepared intending to find the role of the Dravidian government in Tamil Nadu and analyse the social and economic impact of freebie schemes in Tamil Nadu. This chapter is purely based on the reviews collected from various published sources. The collected publications have been presented and logically ordered based on the concepts and results.

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Impact of Freebies in Electoral Politics and the Role of Dravidian Government in Tamil Nadu

  • S. Muruganandhan,
  • Y. G. Gokul,
  • S. Abishek,
  • R. Thamilmani,
  • K. Sivasubramanian,
  • B. Haripriya

摘要

The election is one of the pillars of democracy in India. The elections are a fundamental source of democratic countries. Election is the basic tool for any democratic country in this world. A vast group of qualified and eligible citizens of a country decides leader or a representative. The major aim of these freebie schemes is to ensure accessibility and affordability and reduce poverty among weaker sections of the state. It also aims to achieve the goal of improving literacy, generating opportunities for higher education, and enhancing the economic status of marginalized sections in Tamil Nadu. However, these welfare measure policies have been viewed as electoral politics to create vote banks for such political parties. Despite all the controversial debates relating to it, the freebies are offered by Tamil Nadu as a political strategy. This chapter prepared intending to find the role of the Dravidian government in Tamil Nadu and analyse the social and economic impact of freebie schemes in Tamil Nadu. This chapter is purely based on the reviews collected from various published sources. The collected publications have been presented and logically ordered based on the concepts and results.