India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is considering increasing the frequency of the Periodic Labour Force Su...

Since 1947, India has experienced considerable economic expansion, yet the advantages of this growth have not been evenly spread. The era o...

Piketty and Chancel analysed different periods of taxation in India, and concluded that inequality dropped sharply from 1950 to the early 1...

Enhanced welfare in India over the previous 10 years is being counteracted by inflation, which has been in large measure within the legally...

DMEO, which is an attached office under the NITI Aayog, has called for incentivising women participation in all training and capacity build...

"Looking at the difference between the labour force participation rate in rural and urban areas, it is our understanding that the urban equ...

The report compiles information on inequities across sectors of health, education, household characteristics and the labour market, suggest...

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 ...

Afghanistan and India set aside the same share for health in their budgets, 4%, just above a quarter of the recommended spending and one-th...

The point most intellectuals and columnists miss is that poverty and inequality are two very different things which often do not coincide.

Powerful female entrepreneurs have a message for India’s wealthy - 'start giving more to society'.

The index is based on a new database of indicators which measures government action on social spending, tax and labour rights.

According to the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index developed by Oxfam and Development Finance International, Nigeria, Singapore, Indi...

The report said that if India were to reduce its inequality by a third, 170 million people could be raised out of poverty .

India continued to rank low in the Human Development Index (HDI), but climbed five notches to the 130th rank in the latest UNDP report.

The economist said it was "ironical" that during the peak period of the country's development, the corresponding indexes for poverty reduct...

We should be clearer and less sanctimonious about inequality. Poverty is an absolute concept. Inequality is relative.