The first official introduction to the concept of Universal Basic Income in India came up in the Economic Survey of 2016-17 preceding the Budget for the year. The concept was being debated upon in the West for long but the 40 pages coverage that it got in the Survey made it a centre of attention for both the economists and policy makers alike. Painted as a realistic and a sensible solution to the problems of poverty and unemployment as well as not-so-viable results of poverty alleviation programs in India, the mere thought of the concept of UBI was in […]
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