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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davala, Sarath, author.

Jhabvala, Renana, author.

Mehta, Soumya Kapoor, author.

Standing, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income--India--Madhya Pradesh.

Income.

Madhya Pradesh (India)--Economic policy.

Madhya Pradesh (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

1. The Transformative Challenge

2. Basic Income Defined

3. A Little More, How Much It Is

4. Escaping the Debt Trap

5. Creeping Towards Social Citizenship

6. From Subsidised Malnutrition to Healthy Development

7. Agency and Cultural Citizenship

8. Rolling Out Basic Income

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-225) and index.

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

ISBN:

9781472583123

1472583124

9781472593061

1472593065

9781472583130

1472583132

OCLC:

895161881

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access