Reuters image used for representation. His supporters welcomed it as a game-changer and opponents dismissed it as a bluff.
Aside from the political one-upmanship over Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY pledge, India Today examined the impact of similar schemes elsewhere in the world.
Finland is one such country which experimented with a basic-income program for the jobless.The northern European nation gave away 560 euros, or around Rs 44,000, a month to 2,000 unemployed people from January 2017 until December 2018.The recipients were under no compulsion to seek jobs.In the Finnish capital of Helsinki, India Today spoke with the participants of the […]
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