Rajasthan's financial, economic landscape resembles a desert mirage

Gehlot needs to remember that while needs and wants are unlimited, resources are scarce

Announcing and promising one scheme after another, Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Ashok Gehlot has been telling people these days, “Tum maangte maangte thak jaaoge, main dete dete nahi thakunga” (you will tire of asking, but I won’t tire of meeting your demands).

The CM may be forgetting the basics of economics: while needs and wants are unlimited, resources are scarce.

The scarcity of resources is particularly evident in the case of Rajasthan compared to many other states.

These schemes, such as providing smartphones to 13.5 million women, granting every resident of the state emergency health care treatment without payment at health care establishments