From Trials to Election Promises: The Politics of Basic Income in India

Larry Liu () and Vivekananda Nemana
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Larry Liu: Princeton University
Vivekananda Nemana: Princeton University

Chapter Chapter 14 in Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee, 2020, pp 273-293 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Despite its present marginality, basic income is increasingly part of India’s policy discourse. Even though India is still a developing country, various factors produce the political impetus for bringing various versions of basic income guarantee proposals on the agenda. They include (1) the dynamics of competitive democracy, (2) activist civil society organizations and government economists, (3) the increasing administrative capacity of the state, (4) previous experience with basic income trials, the economic insecurity of a rural peasantry facing the vagaries of world market food prices and a lack of manufacturing job options, (5) the inefficiencies of the present welfare state, and (6) concerns about extreme income and wealth inequality.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43904-0_14

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