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Letter to BS: UBI should be seen as means of relieving economic insecurity

There are real issues about implementing the whole scheme

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3 min read Last Updated : Jun 16 2020 | 1:22 AM IST

Three learned articles by Professor Pranab Bardhan in your newspaper, ending on June 11, have covered a lot of ground towards introducing Universal Basic Income (UBI) in India.

It has been in the realm of discussion for some time. Now National Human Rights Commission has also reported that it is under the active consideration of the central government. Prof Bardhan has covered the theoretical side quite extensively to justify it. He has insisted on calling it universal though surely he wants to exclude the middle class and the rich.

The exclusion method is better, he says. I think the other

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