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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131472603321

Titolo

Basic income [[electronic resource] ] : a transformative policy for India / / Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Guy Standing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations; digital, HTML file(s)

Disciplina

339.354

Soggetti

India Madhya Pradesh

India Basic income

India Negative income tax

India Economic policy

India Basic needs

India Income

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.