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Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: UK Bloomsbury Publication 2015Description: 234pISBN:
  • 9781472583154
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.354 DAV
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Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional monthly cash payment.

In a context in which the Indian government at national and state levels spends a vast amount on subsidies and selective schemes that are chronically expensive, inefficient, inequitable and subject to extensive corruption, there is scope for switching at least some of the spending to a modest basic income. This book explores what would be likely to happen if this were done.

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