Universal Basic Income

Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s ...

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.

The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people's jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang may not become the next US president, but the clear-headed futurist has mounted a surprisingly vigorous White House bid centered around his plan for universal basic income.

The Congress on Monday announced a minimum income guarantee programme that will give up to Rs 72,000 a year or Rs 6,000 a month to 20 per cent of India's poorest families if voted back to power. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, facing a tough opponent in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in general elections set for April and May, called the proposal a ...

Calling the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's promise of a minimum income guarantee to poor unimplementable, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says it is similar in nature to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "Garibi Hatao" slogan.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party - if voted to power in the Lok Sabha election - will ensure a minimum income to the poor people of the country. Mr Gandhi made the announcement at the ''Kisaan Abhaar Sammelan'' in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. He said with the minimum income guarantee, there will be no hungry, poor people in t...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.

High in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest. Sikkim's ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577 citizens.

Universal basic income will guarantee all citizens enough income to cover their basic needs.

The International Monetary Fund carried out a simulation exercise of various subsidy schemes with universal basic income (UBI).

The finance minister said the idea of UBI does not seem to be a feasible policy option at this point of time given the "political limitations".

85 people have been chosen by startup Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income) to receive the payments for a year since 2014, as part of a social experiment.

"The cost of this programme (UBI) is so huge that it cannot be an add-on to the existing programmes (welfare schemes) as the government cannot afford it and the government's finances will go bust," Subramanian said.

Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s ...

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.

The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people's jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang may not become the next US president, but the clear-headed futurist has mounted a surprisingly vigorous White House bid centered around his plan for universal basic income.

The Congress on Monday announced a minimum income guarantee programme that will give up to Rs 72,000 a year or Rs 6,000 a month to 20 per cent of India's poorest families if voted back to power. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, facing a tough opponent in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in general elections set for April and May, called the proposal a ...

Calling the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's promise of a minimum income guarantee to poor unimplementable, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says it is similar in nature to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "Garibi Hatao" slogan.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party - if voted to power in the Lok Sabha election - will ensure a minimum income to the poor people of the country. Mr Gandhi made the announcement at the ''Kisaan Abhaar Sammelan'' in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. He said with the minimum income guarantee, there will be no hungry, poor people in t...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.

High in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest. Sikkim's ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577 citizens.

Universal basic income will guarantee all citizens enough income to cover their basic needs.

The International Monetary Fund carried out a simulation exercise of various subsidy schemes with universal basic income (UBI).

The finance minister said the idea of UBI does not seem to be a feasible policy option at this point of time given the "political limitations".

85 people have been chosen by startup Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income) to receive the payments for a year since 2014, as part of a social experiment.

"The cost of this programme (UBI) is so huge that it cannot be an add-on to the existing programmes (welfare schemes) as the government cannot afford it and the government's finances will go bust," Subramanian said.