Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on 28 January, announced the party’s plans to implement a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poor, if voted to power. Gandhi’s announcement at a rally in Chhattisgarh has been tipped as a game-changer ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. It has also triggered a discussion on what this Minimum Income Guarantee is, and how similar it is to the concept of a Universal Basic Income.
To understand Rahul Gandhi’s announcement and the idea of UBI, The Quint spoke to Praveen Chakravarty, chairperson of the Congress’ Data Analytics department. According to Chakravarty, the basic idea […]
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