The focus on corruption has served to deeply centralise the welfare bureaucracy at the cost of building a local government system that is genuinely responsive to citizen needs. (Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times) The twin announcements of the launch of the PM-KISAN programme in the 2019 budget and the Congress Party’s promise of a minimum income guarantee if elected to power have re-ignited an important debate on the feasibility of a basic income transfer in India. India’s corrupt, inefficient and broken welfare state lies at the heart of this debate. Part of the appeal of a basic income, universal or […]
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