Recently India’s Congress party, the chief rival to the ruling BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), proposed to introduce a minimum income guarantee (MIG) program should it win power in the 2019 general elections.
The timing of the announcement could not have been better – such a pre-election promise could garner popular votes.
The acche din aane waale hain (good days are coming) slogan of the sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also an electoral stunt that paid off handsome dividends.But the good days haven’t come for the tens of millions of under-employed or unemployed youth – and the struggling men and women […]
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