What is Basic Income?
What are the merits?
Pilot project in India:
The ‘transformative’ potential of guaranteed unconditional incomes was demonstrated in Madhya Pradesh back in 2014, in a pilot project. The income supplements given amounted to less than a third of monthly expenditure for families living at the poverty line.
What are the lessons from the pilot project?
What is the feasibility of Basic income in India?
Category: Mains | GS - III | Economics
Source: The Hindu