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Union Budget 2019: Economic Survey serves as an annual report card on state of country's economy

The Economic Survey is an annual document which, reviews the developments in the economy over the previous 12 months.

Expect to come out of PCA framework in second quarter current financial year: United Bank of India MD

Pradhan said UBI is not growing due to lack of capital. Last year the bank got Rs 5000 crore which will help us to meet the regulatory requirements, Pradhan said

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Universal basic income (UBI), until Rahul Gandhi's promise of it on Monday, is a concept which has so far had little traction in our part of the world. No country till now has adopted a full basic income.

Moody's upgrades ratings of Central Bank, IOB to Ba2; both banks likely to achieve common equity tier 1 of over 8%

Rahul Gandhi's minimum income pledge: Congress looks to checkmate BJP by changing narrative ahead of LS polls

The Congress scored over its rival by setting an agenda around its poll promise and forcing the BJP to respond.

Rahul Gandhi’s promise of minimum income: Yes, India’s poor need assistance to develop skills and earn jobs, but surely not begging bowls

The 2016-17 economic survey had estimated that implementation of UBI will cost India 4.9 percent of the GDP

Rahul Gandhi's minimum income guarantee scheme based on idea of Universal Basic Income: The concept and its feasibility

A Universal Basic Income scheme involves paying all citizens a certain monthly sum unconditionally, regardless of whether they work and how much they earn.

Bengaluru street vendors yet to get a cooperative society to look after their interests

Vendors unable to avail bank loans in absence of ID cards to be issued by BBMP

During Jaitley US trip, Universal Basic Income idea for India in IMF spotlight

As economists nitpick on the economy’s growth numbers - the new bling in the Indian politics, the parallel undercurrent of direct income transfers as an idea whose time has come is undeniable.

Can we lift the poor out of their poverty by paying them Rs 21 per day? The CEA and the FM think so

The paltry sum of Rs 21 per day would still be a revolutionary gift if it would be given by a sensitive government as an add-on benefit to the poor