Women in Punjab can now travel for free from April 1 if they avail government buses to travel within Punjab.

Those who argue against the decision by equating subsidy as necessarily ‘bad’, also miss the point that Delhi Metro and DTC are public run institutions. They shouldn’t be run by the government to solicit profit rather to provide facility to all.

As a woman, I am very offended by such offers and I’ll tell you why. First of all, we have to reconfirm the basic funda that there’s nothing like a “free lunch”. Go back to your economics books guys. Free is one of the biggest myths of the commercial era, writes Gunjan.

When women friendly policies are announced, the first response is to rejoice. However, over the years, most of these policies have focused on offering subsidies and incentives, and barely any have dealt with the root cause of the problem, writes Sohini Bhattacharya.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that his government has proposed to make public transport free for women. he move is being implemented as a safety measure. But is gender a fair parameter to decide who deserves such an exemption?