Express View on Rajashthan’s Minimum Income Guarantee: Limits of welfare

Express View on Rajashthan’s Minimum Income Guarantee: Limits of welfare

The Rajasthan state government intends to operationalise the guarantee of minimum income and employment by providing eligible individuals work in both rural and urban areas through the employment guarantee schemes. The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill 2023 , tabled by the Ashok Gehlot led government on Tuesday , has taken a rights-based approach towards building a social security net. First announced in the state’s budget earlier this year, the framework centres around three areas: The right to minimum guaranteed income, right to guaranteed employment, and a right to guaranteed social security pension. However, the state government’s welfarist agenda doesn’t […]

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