It’s raining sops in Gujarat as poll clouds gather

The sops — 50% hike in incentive-based payments to ASHA health workers, relief for farmers using drip irrigation, and clearing the 2nd phase of Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro (Rs 6,700 cr) — came even as signs loomed that the EC may announce 2-phase polls in the state for the 2nd or 3rd week of Dec.

from Times of India http://ift.tt/2zAAwiT