What is Basic Income?

with Toby P Lloyd

29th February 2020, Saturday | 6.30pm

₹100

Council for Arts and Social Practice (CASP) is a non-profit organization established in 2013 that works through four chapters in Navi Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune and New Delhi.

CASP is a platform for transdisciplinary artistic research and practice to facilitate critical dialogues on cultural sustainability. It aims to integrate research and practice through meaningful conversations, community initiatives and collaborative projects, fostering a relational engagement at both individual and institutional levels. CASP facilitates dialogues and formulates critical ideas on sustainable thinking and practice by integrating experiential teaching and learning methods, promoting affective pedagogy, and facilitating public accessibility.

What is basic income? “…an income paid unconditionally to individuals regardless of their family or household relationships, regardless of other incomes, and regardless of their past, present, or future employment status.”

The idea of Basic Income has been around for a long time but in recent years it has moved from the fringes of political discussion into the mainstream with supporters on both the left and the right of politics.

Artist, Toby P Lloyd, will give an overview of the Basic Income movement, discussing the different interpretations of the policy and outlining the arguments for and against them. He will draw on his own PhD research and art projects along with the work of others, including results from pilot studies that were carried out by UNICEF in Madhya Pradesh, India between 2010-13.