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Item Restricted Universal Basic Income's potential to reduce poverty in rural India(2019) Shetty, Tushar; Mantel, Peter; Wagner, Evamaria; Faculty of Business Administration; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"This report explores the potential of Universal Basic Income to reduce the incidence of endemic or chronic poverty in rural India. This report examines the literature related to poverty alleviation in rural India, and proceeds to document the history of governmental efforts to reduce rural poverty post 1947. The report will subsequently outline the concept of Universal Basic Income and conduct an analysis of the main determinants of chronic poverty in rural India. The report will follow up by comparing the efficacy of Universal Basic Income vis-à-vis contemporary poverty alleviation schemes and assess which approach is better towards eliminating poverty in rural India."