{"id":4005,"date":"2010-01-07T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2010-01-07T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T08:32:00","slug":"is-indias-national-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/is-indias-national-dish\/","title":{"rendered":"Is India\u2019s National Dish\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

… pork<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Hindustan Times<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The Bombay High Court has stayed the disbursal of Rs 1,000 crore of the taxpayers’ money — in the form of subsidy by the Maharashtra government — to distilleries that make alcohol using foodgrains.<\/p>\n

The subsidy is applicable to 21 distilleries, many of which are controlled by politicians.<\/p>\n

Questioning the state’s policy, the court on Wednesday asked: “What is essential commodity — foodgrains or wine?” <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries include former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Amit and Nationalist Congress Party leader Govindrao Aadik.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That last line I quoted is the killer, isn’t it? What’s the point of power, a politician might argue rationally, if you can’t enjoy its spoils?<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Deepak Shenoy<\/a>. For more posts on how our taxes are misused, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… pork<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Hindustan Times<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The Bombay High Court has stayed the disbursal of Rs 1,000 crore of the taxpayers’ money — in the form of subsidy by the Maharashtra government — to distilleries that make alcohol using foodgrains.<\/p>\n

The subsidy is applicable to 21 distilleries, many of which are controlled by politicians.<\/p>\n

Questioning the state’s policy, the court on Wednesday asked: “What is essential commodity — foodgrains or wine?” <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries include former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Amit and Nationalist Congress Party leader Govindrao Aadik.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That last line I quoted is the killer, isn’t it? What’s the point of power, a politician might argue rationally, if you can’t enjoy its spoils?<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Deepak Shenoy<\/a>. For more posts on how our taxes are misused, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,24,4,28,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs India\u2019s National Dish\u2026 - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/is-indias-national-dish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is India\u2019s National Dish\u2026 - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... pork? 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