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TopicMinimum income

Topic: Minimum income

Rahul Gandhi’s Rs 72,000 income pledge: Are populist freebies the only way to win elections?

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday pledged to give Rs 12,000 per month to every family in India if the Congress is voted to power in the 2019 elections.

Direct benefit transfers to income guarantee — 6 ways Modi govt could tackle farm distress

With Modi government expected to announce a package to alleviate rural distress, ThePrint takes a look at ways suggested to help ease the problem.

India can’t afford to guarantee a minimum income

The biggest problem with such ideas taking center stage in India’s political economy is that it distracts attention from the more pressing task at hand — creating high-quality jobs.

Congress’ behaviour in Karnataka makes no political sense

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Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.