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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.
The book draws on a series of evaluation surveys conducted over the course of the eighteen months in which the main pilot was in operation, supplemented with detailed case studies of individuals and families. It looks at the impact on health and nutrition, on schooling, on economic activity, women's agency and the welfare of those with disabilities.
Above all, the book considers whether or not a basic income could be transformative, in not only improving individual and family welfare but in promoting economic growth and development, as well as having an emancipatory effect for people long mired in conditions of poverty and economic insecurity.
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Basic Income
A Transformative Policy for India
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Basic Income
A Transformative Policy for India
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- Title
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 The Transformative Challenge
- 2 Launching Basic Income in Madhya Pradesh
- 3 Basic Income’s Emancipatory Value
- 4 The Impact on Living Conditions
- 5 The Impact on Nutrition
- 6 From Ill-Health to Regular Medicine
- 7 Schooling: Loosening Constraints, Boosting Education?
- 8 Work, Productivity and Growth
- 9 Women’s Status: Empowerment, Identity and Citizenship
- 10 No Longer Last nor Least … The Elderly and the Disabled
- 11 The Transformative Potential
- Appendix: Variables Used in Regressions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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