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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 a monthly cash payment, unconditionally. 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 and inequitable, 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. It draws on a series of evaluation surveys conducted over the course of the eighteen months in which the main pilot was conducted, and supplements that 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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Basic Income
• Subtitle: A Transformative Policy for India
• Author: Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Guy (University of Bath) Standing, Soumya Kapoor Mehta
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9781472583109
• ISBN: 1472583108
• ID: 04805640
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 564 g
• Dimensions: 162 × 237 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. January 2015

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