Interestingly, this appears to be motivated less by economic arguments than by the ease of administration. India has a notoriously corrupt bureaucracy, which ha

Interestingly, this appears to be motivated less by economic arguments than by the ease of administration. India has a notoriously corrupt bureaucracy, which has undermined existing welfare schemes by giving welfare to whoever pays the bribes rather than whatever criteria are specified in law. With the (very) recent national ID program, and associated electronic bank accounts, UBI can be administered on autopilot, with few bureaucrats available to bribe (and those isolated in central locations rather than on the ground near potential shakedown targets).