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The great Indian basic income debate

Basic income has entered mainstream political discussion in India like nowhere else in the world. This is the story of how that happened.

The great Indian basic income debate
Workers at the Tomb of Humayun, New Delhi, India. | Bobulix/Flickr. Creative Commons (by-nc-nd)
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The first two basic income pilots in India yielded strong positive results for beneficiaries on nutrition, debt, asset building, and several other livelihood measurements.
Brick Kiln workers in Andhra Pradesh, India. | ILO Asia-Pacific/Flickr. Creative Commons (by-nc-nd)
2019 has, in many ways, been the Year of the Basic Income in India.

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