Universal Basic Income: A Debate or Conundrum?

by Atanu Sengupta, Sanjoy De, Sayantan Mukherjee

Introduction

In recent times, there has been quite a hue and cry about the implementation of the universal basic income (UBI). In short, it has meant an unilateral transfer of an ‘equal’ amount of income to each and every citizen of India. The idea has become a major poll issue this year with each party trying to vie with each other in taking the credit of promulgating this scheme to its catchment area. In the debates, of course, the UBI has often been transferred into a basic income for the poor. In […]

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