India’s opposition wants a universal basic income. Does the idea stand a chance?

Indian National Congress party workers hold placards and shout slogans during a protest near the District Collector Office in Mumbai on Jan. 23. (Divyakant Solanki/EPA-EFE) Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He also directs Carnegie’s “ India Elects 2019 ” initiative.

This spring, nearly 900 million Indians will be eligible to cast their votes in nationwide general elections. While official campaigning is still weeks away, India’s two principal parties — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its archrival, the Indian National Congress […]

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