Category: Basic Income

About a little over a month back, the finance minister had promised a ‘never before’ kind of budget this year. The idea I am sure is to address the concerns of the pandemic-hit economy and to boost the financial morale of all us Indians.

I am no expert in all things Budget, but given that I work on financial plans of a lot of common investors, I wanted to share some of the desires that people have from this annual exercise.

More deductions and exemptions -The tax structure was tweaked a bit last year by introducing a new system (without […]

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Enoch Godongwana. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES The tension at the heart of the ANC’s lekgotla this past weekend — between the desperate need to extend social assistance to those hit hardest by the Covid pandemic and the lack of government funds to do so — goes to the heart of SA’s fiscal challenge and its failure to grow.

Enoch Godongwana, the head of the ANC’s economic transformation subcommittee, provided a succinct summation of SA’s "bleak" fiscal position: government expenditure is too high for the revenue that the economy can generate.

But set against the imperative to reduce the size of government in […]

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Madhya Pradesh Unemployment Allowance Scheme 2020 ( MP Berojgari Bhatta Yojana in Hindi) [अप्लाई ऑनलाइन फार्म, योग्यता, पंजीयन]

Before the elections in our country, no matter the party, she presents an undertaking. In this, she promises to the people that if their government comes, what will they do for the benefit of them and the country. Similarly, during the elections before the coming of his government, the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh had promised to the unemployed youth of the state that till they get a job, they will get some financial amount monthly as unemployment allowance. Will. But […]

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Liberal Democrat campaigners from Hinckley and Bosworth are part of a new national group championing the need for Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots to be introduced throughout the country.

Hinckley Borough and County Councillor Michael Mullaney and Barwell Parish Councillor Mathew Hulbert are members of the new Cross Party Parliamentary and Local Government (CPPLG) Working Group on UBI.

The CPPLG is an innovative new structure, consisting of cross party MPs, local authority councillors, Metro Mayors, Peers and LGA officers.Organisers say it aims to co-produce work to collectively advocate for policy positions, Basic Income pilots and the need to test alternatives to […]

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In the quest for a true universal alternative digital currency system, Phillip H. Perez, Founder and CEO and Timothy White, President of the of BarterUnit LLC, together have launched a GoFundMe campaign.

“In order to continue this growing economic project, the BarterUnit establishment has launched a GoFundMe campaign in hopes to acquire public financial support. Funds will be used to help implement enhancements, security software, new features, general development and to sustain proper system maintenance. The bottom line is; the company userbase is rapidly growing, and we need immediate funds to effectively maintain the system and the high volume userbase,” […]

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This post is also available in: Spanish Within the World Social Forum 2021 , a panel took place on 25 January with the title RBUI, gaining freedom by ensuring subsistence. The speakers were Eduardo Suplicy, Sergio Mesquita and the author of the paper reproduced below, Juana Pérez Montero . The slogan of the Forum Another world is possible connects with what we feel and think and with our deep faith in the human process. And this leads us to ask ourselves – in this area and from the theme that has brought us together – what this world we […]

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The hotel sector is among those hardest-hit by the pandemic (file photo). The number of people receiving earnings-related unemployment allowances rose by 86 percent last year compared to the year before, reaching its highest level in 20 years, the Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland (TYJ) said on Wednesday.

Unemployment funds paid out the allowance to 456,000 unemployed or furloughed workers, representing about eight percent of the population.

The monthly number of applications rose as much as eight-fold compared to previous years."Last spring’s spike was unprecedented," TYJ Director Aki Villman said in a statement on Wednesday.Despite the rapid surge, applications were […]

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