Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India

by Guy Standing and Renana Jhabvala

Book Overview

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472583108
• ISBN13: 9781472583109
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"