“The small Indian state of Sikkim is about to launch a basic income experiment that will provide cash payments to each of its 610,000 citizens — a pilot that the Washington Post says is the largest basic income experiment in history.
“In developed countries, the main purpose is to restructure or economize the existing welfare schemes, like unemployment benefits,” University of California at Berkeley economist Pranab Bardhan told the Post of the experiment. “In low- or mid-income countries, like India, the rationale will be to address the minimum economic insecurity of a larger section of the population, not just the poorest, without touching the existing anti-poverty measures.”…”
https://www.futurism.com/india-launching-largest-basic-income-experiment
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