A minimum framework
For now, NYAY scheme presented by the Congress is bare bones. A lower target minimum income and a smaller transfer amount could make it viable
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Economists and policymakers all over the world are discussing the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI). UBI is informationally the least demanding of all the policies one can think of to attack the problems of poverty, inequality and joblessness. The reason is that it does not require knowing who is poor or how much one is earning. It also has no adverse incentive effects, as, even after receiving the government’s uniform transfer, one is able to additionally earn as much income as possible through one’s labour. The big problem is its financial feasibility. At the moment, I believe UBI is fiscally unfeasible for India. For example, giving every family of five a basic income of Rs 6,000 a month (and scaling appropriately for family size) would cost 70-80 per cent of the current tax revenues.
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