Whilst we crib about the bleak cold winter of Delhi, sitting in our cosy, heated homes, under warm quilts, sipping hot ...

Income inequality remains a critical challenge in India, a nation characterized by a multifaceted economy where formal and informal sectors operate side by side. Accurate measurement of income ...

Income inequality has come down since the pandemic, though still higher as compared to 2015-16, a working paper by People Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) has shown. This is the ...

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to ...

and to people who can afford to have volatility in their income, “ Wallskog said. If regulators want to tamp down inequality, they should focus on the lowest paid people, she said, with policies ...

Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.

This indicates a more equitable distribution of income in rural India.Similarly, in urban areas, inequality has dropped from 0.457 to 0.365, suggesting progress toward balanced consumption patterns.

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Another significant element of India's population challenge is gender inequality, with Muttreja referring to this as "the ...

Chennai, Jan 4 (PTI) If India is to become a flourishing country, it must address issues like "inequality", provide access to basic healthcare and education, and offer skills and training to the ...

The UK extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of ...

Inequality, universal basic income and high taxes on the ‘rich’ are imported luxury beliefs that are unaffordable at Indian incomes. As Gill and Kharas point out, for India, “the dangers for ...