#183 Free Lunches Forever
Yabi Lali
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PolicyWTF: <em>Revdi</em> Fertiliser Culture<br/><br/><em>This section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?</em><br/><br/> - <em>Pranay Kotasthane</em><br/><br/>In the past, we have discussed many government plans of the “One Nation, One X” kind. Still, I must confess. Of all things that can substitute the letter <em>X</em>, “fertiliser” was beyond my thinking horizon. Limited thinking wasn’t a problem for the government, which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/centre-implements-one-nation-one-fertiliser-plan-under-bharat-brand-122082401385_1.html">has</a>:<br/><br/>“decided to implement One Nation One Fertiliser by introducing single brand name and the logo under fertiliser subsidy scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojana (PMBJP).”<br/><br/>While you decipher what this order means, a short detour about the abbreviation PMBJP is in order. Its usage suggests something profound — the government is finally running out of acronyms! I claim so because there’s an existing scheme with the same abbreviation in the very same ministry — the older <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjHkqni-eb5AhVZBaYKHRfsB1IQFnoECB0QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjanaushadhi.gov.in%2Fpmjy.aspx&usg=AOvVaw2jys8VhGyQq3xzHg1NinuE">Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)</a>, run by the Department of Pharmaceuticals since 2008. Perhaps the reason for repeating this abbreviation is apparent — it comprises both the ruling party and the party leader. To make matters more confusing, this scheme has been <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PandaJay/status/1562673866727571457?s=20&t=TmHSpGmDvraFUp97YkC-9w">hailed</a> as “the call of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewIndia?src=hashtag_click">#NewIndia</a> which will take
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#183 Free Lunches Forever
Yabi Lali