A resident in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, receives Rs.1,000 as a festival gift from the State government on January 9, 2019. In the run up to the General Election, due in May, India’s main political parties are holding out promises of basic income transfers to the electorate. Photo: J. Manoharan / The Hindu-Tamil As India gears up for another general election, the politics of poverty eradication has again gained centre-stage; and there has been a great deal of talk, in recent times, about introducing some sort of basic income support scheme as a welfare measure in India. Any such seriously […]
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