Amid inflation, a report on income inequality has recommended raising minimum income and introducing a universal basic income to help the marginalised community in India. Will the Centre warm up to this idea?
With the poor getting marginalised further, the gap between the top-most and the bottom-most incomes widening, and the income share held by the top 1% is increasing, the idea of raising minimum income and introducing a universal basic income seems to be inching towards the government’s drawing board.
This follows recommendations made in a report on inequality in India commissioned and released by the Economic Advisory Council […]
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