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The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrongRecent studies reveal a misrepresentation of income inequality in India, challenging the commonly accepted pre-tax Gini coefficient of 0.61...- India advances Sustainable Development Goals with clean energy, sanitation, and inclusive growthIndia stands at the forefront of sustainable development innovation. Noteworthy achievements include the complete eradication of open defec...
- Poverty gap shrinks between rural and urban India in FY24, driven by higher consumption: SBI reportIndia's rural and urban consumption gap is reducing significantly, thanks to government initiatives like direct benefit transfers and impro...
- The trilemma of inequalitiesIndia's economic growth over two decades has reduced poverty but not equitably. Covid-19 increased income, expenditure, and savings inequal...
- India's focus should shift to job quality amid AI disruption, says CEA Anantha NageswaranIndia's job market is showing growth, but the focus should be on job quality as AI reshapes the landscape. Evidence suggests job creation i...
- India to see steepest rise in living standard of common man in coming decades: FM Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's per capita income will nearly double in the next five years. This growth will improve livi...
- How cereals helped Modi-govt cut inequality in IndiaHigher procurement and free distribution of cereals such as wheat and rice have benefitted the poorest of the poor in India, thus helping l...
- Inequality is a relative concept. Here's what one must do to find the truthOften, in discussions on inequality the intended distribution is that of personal distributions of income. There are no satisfactory data o...
- Poverty in numbers: What does the data tell us?As per the World Inequality Report, the top 10% and the top 1% in India still control 57% and 22% of the national wealth, while the bottom ...
- Where the world’s richest 1% are gaining wealth the fastestThe richest 1% in eight of the 10 nations boosted their share of the wealth last year, primarily due to interest rates cuts following the C...
- View: Informal labour & capital are likely to bear bigger Covid shocksPoverty and its public policy implication are clear. Clarity on inequality is more difficult. For a start, inequality is relative and the w...
- View: Fantastically rising inequality? Thomas Piketty has got it wrongThomas Piketty, guru of inequality, and Lucas Chanel have produced a new paper “Indian Income Equality, 1922-2014: from British Raj to Bill...
- China should be wary of following India's unfair education system: Chinese mediaThe rich-poor gap reflected in India's education is not just related to money, but also the gap in economic and social rights, Global Times...
- Poor-rich gap growing in India, Asia-Pacific: UNESCAPWeaker labour market institutions, inadequate social protection systems, poor-quality education are among the factors for widening income g...
- Handshake that could change Asia: Politically rising Japan a crucial economic and security partner for IndiaThe two countries are ramping up defence cooperation, as highlighted by Japanese defence minister Itsunori Onodera’s visit earlier this mon...
- Vast inequality simmers below surface in ChinaChina still has a long way to go because its per capita GDP is still around $4000 to $5000 (depending on how you calculate and what populat...
- We must learn to live with growing income inequalityWe should be clearer and less sanctimonious about inequality. Poverty is an absolute concept. Inequality is relative.
- India lost over $125 bn in illicit outflows between 2000-08The figures of $125 billion illicit outflow of money from India are part of a report to be released by the Washington-based Global Financia...
- Income inequality up both in rural and urban areasHere’s another proof that the finance minister may chant the inclusive growth mantra in his Budget speech later this month. Contrary to pop...
- Creating a gini coefficientIt took barely 4 years for Gini & Jony to fit in as India’s biggest kidswear brand.
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