What happened
Tamil Nadu’s new TVK government is presented as inheriting a serious fiscal problem. The Hindu editorial says the state should stop deepening that problem through broad welfare giveaways and should instead restore budgetary room for productive public spending.
Background and earlier position
What changed now
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- Temporary respite