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Cash transfers as an instrument for women’s empowerment in India

Women empowerment
Published on Oct 13, 2025 08:15 pm IST

Elon Musk Wants to Give You Money for Nothing

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Food distribution at a church in New York, April 23.
Published on Aug 20, 2025 05:45 pm IST

Universal basic income does not stop people working: study

Universal basic income does not stop people working: study
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 03:11 pm IST

Siddaramaiah defends five guarantees, calls them strategic investments

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 12:49 pm IST

K'taka Budget: Siddaramaiah defends guarantee schemes, targets Centre for state's fiscal challenges

K'taka Budget: Siddaramaiah defends guarantee schemes, targets Centre for state's fiscal challenges
Published on Mar 07, 2025 12:25 pm IST

Empowering women with cash guarantees

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Bokaro: Women wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Bokaro district, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Jan 07, 2025 08:22 pm IST

Bruised Delhi heads to polls

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New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party supporters cheer during the celebration of the party's victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, at party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Modi website)
Published on Jan 07, 2025 08:23 pm IST

Elon Musk believes in universal basic income once AI takes over: Top 8 quotes

Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany (AP)
Published on Jun 23, 2024 11:17 am IST

Karnataka CM: 5 guarantees introduced to follow social justice principle

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar present a trophy to the best dance performer during the 77th Independence Day celebration at Manekshaw Parade Ground, in Bengaluru, Tuesday. (PTI)
Updated on Aug 15, 2023 11:57 pm IST

Universal basic income can be a game changer

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UBI can enhance women’s dignity and reduce their domestic work burden as they then have the ability to buy time and labour-saving gadgets such as fridges, mixers and washing machines.
Updated on Jul 09, 2023 10:09 am IST

A post-Covid-19 social protection architecture for India

Migrants returning from Rajasthan, Patna, Bihar, May 9, 2020
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 12:39 pm IST

The welfare debate must go beyond corruption

The focus on corruption has served to deeply centralise the welfare bureaucracy at the cost of building a local government system that is genuinely responsive to citizen needs.
Updated on Feb 20, 2019 11:02 am IST

Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income guarantee not feasible, says NITI Aayog vice-chairman

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says India neither had the kind of fiscal space, nor the kind of complete data needed to implement the scheme.
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 02:44 pm IST

Is UBI a solution to the unemployment crisis?

AI doesn’t only make humans’ physical work irrelevant, it also challenges the human brain, and it will only get better at it with time.
Updated on Feb 05, 2019 07:49 am IST

Budget 2019: Assured income of 6000 for farmers announced

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presenting Budget 2019 in Parliament
Updated on Feb 01, 2019 02:15 pm IST

PM Modi may counter Rahul Gandhi’s income scheme with Universal Basic Income in budget

After Rahul Gandhi promising a minimum income guarantee scheme, PM Modi may be compelled to roll out a Universal Basic Income scheme for the poor (File Photo)
Updated on Jan 30, 2019 01:30 pm IST

India should brace itself for economic slowdown for some time: Arvind Subramanian

Former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian on Sunday warned the Indian economy was in for a slowdown for some time as agriculture and financial system were under stress.
Published on Dec 10, 2018 01:09 pm IST