UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India during colonial rule. Richest 10% got most of the cashOxfam International's report highlights how the UK extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India during colonial rule, with significant wealth tr...
20 Jan, 2025, 03.13 PM IST
As Davos crowd gathers, governments urged to rein in 'billionaire class'Oxfam reveals the wealth of the world's five richest men has surged to $869 billion since 2020, doubling, while five billion people face in...
15 Jan, 2024, 07.08 AM IST
Networth of richest-1% double of rest of world: OxfamReleasing the report on the sidelines of the annual congregation of the global elite in this Swiss ski resort town, Oxfam said a tax of up ...
16 Jan, 2023, 07.04 AM IST
Wealth of Indian billionaires shot up by 39% in Covid, fortune of ten richest enough to fund children's education for 25 yrs: StudyOn gender inequality, Oxfam India said women accounted for 28 per cent of all job losses.
18 Jan, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
Over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic: OxfamThe world's ten richest men saw their fortunes grow at a rate of USD 15,000 per second during the first two years of the pandemic and if th...
17 Jan, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Wealth of India's 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: StudyIn its annual inequality survey released on the first day of the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda summit, Oxfam India further sai...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.34 AM IST
Only 39 per cent of workers can be considered as permanent workers in tea plantation sector in Assam: Oxfam IndiaOxfam India is working in seven districts of Assam—Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Golaghat and Sivasagar.
15 Jul, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
Wealth of India's richest 1% more than 4-times of total for 70% poorest: OxfamIndia's richest 1% hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 mn people who make up for the bottom 70%.
20 Jan, 2020, 10.48 PM IST
View: Oxfam is wrong. Inequality plus growth is betterIndia’s history shows that equality without growth can be worse than growth with inequality. Rapid growth has been a better antidote to pov...
27 Jan, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
India's richest 1% get richer by 39 percent in 2018, just 3 percent rise for bottom-half: OxfamThe top 1 percent of India's richest got richer by 39 per cent last year, an Oxfam study said.
21 Jan, 2019, 10.16 PM IST
Large US firms stashed $1.6 trillion in tax havens: OxfamPoverty-fighting organization Oxfam America said the sum for 2015 was a $200 billion increase over the prior year. The report cites the com...
12 Apr, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
Richest 1% own 58% of total wealth in India: OxfamThe study said there are 84 billionaires in India, with a collective wealth of $ 248 billion, led by Mukesh Ambani, Dilip Shanghvi and Azim...
16 Jan, 2017, 02.46 PM IST
Government companies more aligned with responsible business practices: StudyThe findings are based on an analysis top 100 companies listed on the BSE that focused on five aspects, including non-discrimination at the...
27 Oct, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
Hindujas - only Britons in world's top 80 billionaires listWith an estimated wealth of nearly 14 billion dollars, India-born Hinduja brothers have now emerged as the only British names on the list o...
23 Jan, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
Top 80 billionaires have wealth close to India's 2014 GDPThe wealth of the richest 80 actually doubled in cash terms between 2009 and 2014. A study by Oxfam revealed that they had a collective wea...
20 Jan, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Top 10 food companies fail social tests: Oxfam"World’s 10 biggest food and beverage makers, including Nestle, Coca-Cola, Danone and PepsiCo, score poorly in social and environmental pra...
27 Feb, 2013, 09.21 AM IST
- 'India's Food Bill can set example for rest of world'
The proposed Food Security Bill aims at providing legal entitlement over subsidised foodgrains to the poor.
17 Jul, 2012, 04.12 PM IST