By Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Guy Standing, Soumya Kapoor
Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India By Sarath Davala, Renana
Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The ideahas a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the IndianState of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children wereprovided with an unconditional monthly cash payment. In a context in which theIndian government at national and state levels spends a vast amount on subsidiesand selective schemes that are chronically expensive, inefficient, inequitable andsubject to extensive corruption, there is scope […]
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