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Pragati Tiwari

Universal Basic Income : How Promising is the Scheme of Unconditional Guaranteed Cash Transfer in the Context of India - Bangalore NLSIU, Bangalore 2019 - 75p.

Contents
1. Introduction;
1.1 Literature Review;
1.2 Research Methodology followed in this dissertation;
1.3 Research Problem and Questions;
2. The case of rising inequality in India;
2.1 Economic justice in India;
2.2 The effect of liberalisation reforms;
2.3 The plausibility of economic growth with income inequality;
3. Social welfare spending in India;
3.1 The current state of public investment on welfare;
4. Efficiency or Security: UBI as a replacement to welfare schemes;
4.1 The state of existing welfare schemes;
4.2 Poverty alleviation: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or UBI?;
5. India and Cash Transfers;
5.1 Doom or boon: UBI over in kind transfer;
5.2 UBI and poverty reduction;
5.3 The Outcome of UBI;
5.4 The success of UBI;
6. Addressing the increasing inequality;
6.1 Policy recommendations;
7.0 Conclusion;
References.


Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional rights - Indian Constitution
Poverty alleviation - Policy
Poverty reducation - Policy
Universal basic income (BIS)