Rajasthan’s landmark minimum income bill to provide relief to the urban poor

Rajasthan’s landmark minimum income bill to provide relief to the urban poor

A promise made by the Congress in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 would likely be made good by the party’s government in Rajasthan in 2023.

A bill titled ‘The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023’ has been tabled in the state assembly earlier this week by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s government. This bill aims to provide legislative backing for an urban employment guarantee scheme for those who can work, and a pension scheme for those who are too old to work.

The bill comes just ahead of the assembly elections in the state, which are scheduled to […]

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