Rahul Gandhi, president of India’s main opposition Congress party, has promised nothing less than to end hunger and poverty by introducing a government-funded universal basic income for the country’s rural poor. Photo: Reuters Call it competitive populism. As the campaigning gains pace ahead of an Indian general election that must be held by mid-May, the governing BJP of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the opposition Congress party are locked in an epic struggle to win over voters.
In recent weeks, each has rolled out plans to ramp up public welfare spending on the country’s rural poor. But while some of […]
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