The Rythu Bandhu scheme, in force in Telangana, has the potential to be the future of farm policy in the country
Arvind SubramanianOne question I am increasingly asked is this: Yes, the Economic Survey (“A Conversation With and Within the Mahatma”) raised the profile of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a serious option, but has it had any resonance in policy circles? Or, more starkly: Is UBI actually being implemented anywhere in India?
My answer is a qualified yes. Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it […]
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