Can Universal Basic Income tackle India’s poverty

Can Universal Basic Income tackle India’s poverty

Governance

Localised experiments with universal basic income have shown mostly positive outcomes across states, strengthening calls in favour of the social policy Bujjamma and Yellaiah Alankunta are among the 1,250 beneficiaries of the WorkFREE pilot for universal basic income support in the slums of Hyderabad (Photographs: Himanshu N / CSE) The world came crashing down for Hyderabad resident Chandrakala in March 2022, when the Telangana government relocated her slum, Vadderabasti. Her family had to move to Munganoor, a colony 20 km from the banks of the Musi river, where the slum was located. The densely populated Vadderabasti, where Chandrakala […]

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