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

In: Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee

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  • Larry Liu

    (Princeton University)

  • Vivekananda Nemana

    (Princeton University)

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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.

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  • Larry Liu & Vivekananda Nemana, 2020. "From Trials to Election Promises: The Politics of Basic Income in India," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Richard K. Caputo & Larry Liu (ed.), Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee, chapter 0, pages 273-293, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-030-43904-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43904-0_14
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