Gandhi Promises Basic Income for Millions of India’s Poorest

Gandhi Promises Basic Income for Millions of India’s Poorest

Arun Sankar—AFP

Congress Party leader vows ‘final assault on poverty’ if voted into power, describing scheme guaranteeing $1,000 a year to 50 million families

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday vowed a “final assault on poverty” in India if elected prime minister in May, promising a minimum income for tens of millions of the country’s poorest.The Congress Party leader, broadly seen as trailing the incumbent Narendra Modi in the race for top office, described the scheme to pay a guaranteed basic income of $1,000 a year to 50 million poor families as the largest of its kind on Earth.The sop […]

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