The wave of competitive populism is throwing in its daily tide of game-changing ideas, and a preemptive dose of doles to outbid each other. The only winner can be the ones who have shown the patience of queuing up in election after election, and casting a vote to elect the few. The latest being the idea of Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), as proposed by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. From ‘Garibi Hatao’, a downright winner five decades ago, back to ‘Minimum Income’ now, the semantics might have changed, but the goal remains the same. Though the latest data suggests that […]
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