After Heartbreak in Heartland, Modi Govt May Offer Universal Basic Income in Last Budget Before 2019

After Heartbreak in Heartland, Modi Govt May Offer Universal Basic Income in Last Budget Before 2019

File photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a BJP meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: Stung by the defeats in three core states in the Hindi heartland and facing anger over an ongoing agricultural distress, the BJP believes it has an ace up its sleeves – the likely announcement of Universal Basic Income in its last budget session, sources have told News18.

The loss of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to the Congress is inevitably going to loom large over the forthcoming interim budget, scheduled to […]

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