Rahul's income guarantee scheme a political stunt? | Master Stroke

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poor if voted to power in the next general election.

But what will it look like? Arvind Subramanian, India's former Chief Economic Adviser, had floated the idea of a Universal Basic Income of Rs 1,500 a month for every poor rural household in the Economic Survey for 2016-17.