Commentators compare Stalin’s announcement with the universal basic income, the experimental concept that came into vogue after the 2008 global economic crash Tamil Nadu has a political history of competitive welfarism. Stalin’s latest announcement adds a new chapter to that history | Representative Photo: PTI (File) The DMK’s promise of monthly assistance of ₹1,000 to all ration-card holding women has set off an interesting and acrimonious debate on an entirely nascent social welfare concept – universal basic income (UBI).
Even for a state with a political history of competitive welfarism, the announcement by the DMK leader MK Stalin marks a […]
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