Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has just announced an urban employment scheme as part of an overall plan for a minimum guaranteed income. He calls it a pioneering breakthrough.
Opposition parties in other states will now promise a similar guaranteed income. Incumbent governments will be tempted to do the same. While supporters will call it a breakthrough in human rights, critics will call it another ‘revdi’, a giveaway that yields few gains. I would say this move can actually do considerable harm.
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