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Aparna V's avatar

Hello! Did you see this study? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/ Says much the same thing. https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973653719/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds. We need an India specific one though. And thought must be given to remove people's misconceptions like, free stuff means men don't work (though apparently, women do).

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Frontier Indica's avatar

"A payment of ₹3200 per year to all the women would cost just 1.1% of the GDP and can be fully funded by removing the middle-class subsidies."

Uh, that's not a UBI. The most important element of implementing Basic Income in India would be to avoid the usual Indian oversmartness of carving out special groups or exceptions. Only then will it be a true UBI, only then will it really work. Otherwise it will turn into another leaking dole which will inspire bitterness in those who don't get it.

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