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The Emancipatory Power of Basic Income: An Optimistic Note from Indian Experience
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Date&time:
July 14, 2016. (Thursday) 12：30-14：00
Venue:
Theme:
The Emancipatory Power of Basic Income: An Optimistic Note from Indian Experience
Abstract
An
Unconditional
Basic
Income
has
relevance
to
a
wide
range
of
societal
contexts,
though
what
it
specifically
addresses
and
impacts
may
differ
from
one
to
another.
Within
any
given
country,
again,
what
it
means
and
what
effects
it
has
varies
from
one
class
to
another
and
one
milieu
to
another.
While
to
one
class
basic
income
means
better
food
security,
to
another
class
basic
income
means
freedom
from
monotony
and
drudgery
of
routine
and
alienating
labour.
At
least
take
a
break
from
it
to
do
something
of
one’s
own
choice
for
a
while.
Or
basic
income
can
give
a
young
person
breathing
time
to
experiment
or
get
trained
and
then
make
a
better
choice
of
her
vocation.
The
possibilities
are
varied
and
aplenty.
My
presentation
will
focus
on
how
an
unconditional
basic
income
can
address
poverty.
On
what
it
can
potentially
do
to
the
rural
poor
in
a
developing
country
like
India.
Imagine
a
peasant
couple
in
a
remote
village,
who
have
half
a
hectare
of
rain-fed
land,
and
earn
their
living
by
working
as
wage
labourers
with
about
four
children
and
an
elderly
parent
to
look
after.
Their
life
is
characterised
primarily
by
two
things:
uncertainty
both
about
rains
and
employment,
and
deeply
in
debt.
The
sources
of
income
are
uncertain.
What
they
earn
through
wages,
they
feed
themselves
and
also
repay
the
debt.
Often
it
so
happens
that
they
repay
their
debt
through
labour,
which
means
that
they
never
get
to
receive
wages
in
cash,
unless
they
borrow
from
same
landlord
again.
It
is
a
trap
that
they
live
in
and
they
cannot
imagine
how
to
get
out
of
it.
Speaker：
Dr. Sarath Davala (Coordinator of India Network for Basic Income (INBI))
Chair:
Languages:
English
KIM, Jiyoung E-mail：Jiyoung_Kim
LEI, Lei E-mail：Lei_Lei
OSADA, Noriyuki E-mail：Noriyuki_Osada