A basic income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement (basicincome.org).
The union government (under PM Modi) has the capacity to take radical steps, and uproot the entrenched rent seeking feudal exploiters in the garb of capitalism. This sinister nepotism driven ways of crony capitalism that is thriving in last 70years have been nurturing incompetence and amazing level of mediocrity under high democratic ideals, that they trained to use in the most opportune occasion and successfully ran their status quo driven camaraderie enterprise thriving on misery of common people. The banality of bullshit artists, mostly legal luminaries of amazingly tardy legal system, is only upped by another equally devious trivialities of economists. These combine squatter scum attributes of high sounding words and speculative grand standing. Predicting with no skills of anticipation or basic competence is another of cottage industry that some have taken as entitlement ofcourse with all available traditional support system. Even necessary humility of humans in dissuasion –backing down from grandness, accepting one’s fallibility, is a thought that never found any space in this entitlement driven control over future. Some come in the garb of psephologists too, and like mediocre sociologist and allied journalists, they get on with the business of normalising caste with gandhian ease. It is told that Indians vote with caste and thumb, and so set about grand ways of speculating election results. They comeback everytime with same intend and try influence politicians into caste bracket. I am sure through direct blessing from sanctum scums, atleast one’s at Tirupati can shower it. There is a reason why those who emerge from these buffoon thriving frames have walk over in all fields, as Indians count their blessing. Even scientists are known for their skills of communicating with gods. Therefore sanctum scums with invoking skills have professional advantage.
Basic income therefore is a necessary step against exploitation by rent seeking elite in the name garb of professionalism. Further, basic nutrition security through cheap canteens is the need of the hour, like the one in TamilNadu (I sense sarcasm from #lutyenskelaunde), in a country that suffers from severe malnutrition and deprivation, though midday meal schemes have been major steps. Basic income, atleast for impoverished and marginalised women, will be good beginning and definitive step towards gender empowerment and against exploitation, as also step towards liberty and dignity as also will lead to compassion towards environment and surrounding that is being plundered in the name of development. The people of the country have stood up with the Union Government in the matter of demonetisation despite misery and provocation by vested interest to use them. In a nepotism driven morally bereft and corrupt society common people understand good intention, even if it may fail.
