UBI May Help Enhance Cash Transfers

Imagine what happens if government gives you Rs. 500 per month as a citizen of this country without any condition attached. You will love your caring and welfare-oriented government. The history of social welfare is very long and it has evolved in different forms; from charity to need-based to targeted to rights-based. Countries around the world have been trying to become more and more welfare-oriented by introducing various social welfare programmes. They are going beyond the conventional targeting approach as episodes of vulnerabilities and crises have increased pulling even the non-poor below the poverty line. During crises, non-poor have also become poor, and targeting is always administratively costly.