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Re:The Indian government is set to endorse Universal Basic I... by pkaye on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:53AM (#13319832)
How would you even define unemployed in a vast part of India? There is quite an bit of informal economy. I think >94% don't even file income taxes (either too low an income or don't declare.)
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Re:The Indian government is set to endorse Universal Basic I... by gyey on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:03PM (#13320509)
Less than 2.5% file tax returns and less than 1% pay tax.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/03/guess-how-many-people-pay-tax...

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Re:The Indian government is set to endorse Universal Basic I... by jganetsk on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:11AM (#13328264)
I don't need to define it though. India has non-zero tax revenue. It can raise that revenue somehow (to claim otherwise would be bold and would require evidence). And some individuals will have a tax liability greater than the level of basic income.
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