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1% hold 40% wealth: Financial analyst says income gap in India now worse than under British ruleA new analysis reveals that India's top 1% now possess 40.1% of the nation's wealth, exceeding the wealth held by colonial elites during Br...02 Jul, 2025, 03.14 PM IST- India lifted 170 million out of poverty in a decade: World BankA World Bank report reveals India lifted 170 million people out of poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, with extreme poverty declining sign...26 Apr, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
- New cases of breast cancer could be up 38 pc by 2050 globally; related deaths by 68 pc: StudyBy 2050, breast cancer cases and deaths are expected to rise significantly, particularly in countries with low human development index. Res...24 Feb, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
- Does Article 39(b) allow government to take over your property?The 18th Lok Sabha elections spark a debate on inequality in India as Congress proposes a caste census, countered by BJP's accusations. The...16 May, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
- Wealth redistribution: The economics behind Rahul Gandhi's 'Robin Hood' ideaThe controversy over Rahul Gandhi's wealth redistribution promise, accused by PM Modi of benefiting Muslims, highlights ongoing economic in...23 Apr, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
- Indian jobs’ exposure to AI lower than the rest of the world: IMF paperThe study found that 40% of the jobs in emerging markets were exposed to AI, and 26% of jobs in low-income countries were exposed to the te...15 Jan, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
- Poverty as pandemic: A redefinitionWhile the Pandemic is considered to be a rare occurrence, its effects have sent us back years in our social progress. The worst-hit remains...19 Jan, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
- View: Long-term growth can be attained when India’s multiple growth stories meetSome economists argue for the imposition of taxes on wealth - net wealth tax, estate tax, etc. However, their impact on the supply of entre...25 Nov, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
- View: Investments in primary healthcare and pro-poor initiatives will help mitigate the social determinants of healthClean water and air, income and social protection, and food security among other environmental and public policy goods are vital to achievi...06 Apr, 2021, 11.20 PM IST
- India’s health budget fourth lowest in world, accoring to OxfamAfghanistan and India set aside the same share for health in their budgets, 4%, just above a quarter of the recommended spending and one-th...11 Oct, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
- Study throws light on rising wealth & consumption inequality in IndiaThe gap between the forward and other castes is becoming wider over the years, according to a World Inequality Database study.10 Dec, 2018, 10.07 AM IST
- India ranks among the bottom 15 of Oxfam world inequality indexThe index is based on a new database of indicators which measures government action on social spending, tax and labour rights.10 Oct, 2018, 04.03 PM IST
- Latest inequality data reveals rising top income shares in China, USThe new online data sets, released at the American Economic Association Annual Conference last week, use national accounts, survey data, fi...11 Jan, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
- Lessons from Brazil to get rid of povertyIn Brazil, income inequality, measured by Gini coefficient, declined from 0.553 in 2002 to 0.500 in 2011.26 Mar, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
- 'Create record of human development indicators'Observing that national parameters of economic growth are rendered "meaningless" as they obscure deep inequalities, vice-president Hamid An...02 Nov, 2007, 03.41 AM IST
- 'Country needs a database of human development indicators'Observing that national parameters of economic growth are rendered "meaningless" as they obscure deep inequalities, Vice President Hamid An...01 Nov, 2007, 02.53 PM IST
- Kalam asks WB to pursue focused development agendaConcerned over the need to bridge regional disparities, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday asked the World Bank to build a region-wise d...28 May, 2007, 06.15 PM IST
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