Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, co-founded by Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, has proposed a pilot project on the concept of inclusive growth dividend (IGD) or “universal basic income” (UBI) in Sundargarh and Keonjhar.
Under the project, the group has proposed UBI for around 400 gram panchayats in these districts which include 65% of the population in Sundargarh district and 69% of the people in Keonjhar district below the poverty line as per the reports of Panchayati Raj department.
This project would ensure functional bank accounts of each of the adults and credit Rs 100 […]
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