By The Editorial Board See original post here. India’s single most vexatious economic problem is the lack of adequate employment and earning opportunities for its
By: N Chandra Mohan. See original post here. There is again a buzz surrounding the provision of a universal basic income (UBI) recommended by a
See original post. A REPORT commissioned and released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested that the Government should launch
Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Friday said there is no space for expansionary fiscal policy and opined against reducing personal income tax rate.
Basic income is becoming a real and tangible policy consideration in India. In the past decade, many prominent Indian economists have put forward proposals for
DEBATE Could basic income play a role in the fight against unfree labour? The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a women’s trade union in
Over the past few years, an increasing number of countries have witnessed a demand for basic income. India too has been evaluating the possibility of
Automation is appearing everywhere. Ready or not, innovations like robotics, computerized algorithms, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, medical sensors and machine-to-machine communications, 3-D printing, and autonomous
Last year, when the Finnish and Canadian trials were, respectively, not renewed and cancelled, the momentum behind universal basic income (UBI) was seemingly brought to
From Mongolia to Finland to India, we are seeing heightened interest in the idea of a universal basic income (UBI)—an unconditional cash grant given to
