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Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal backs gig economy, says it forces consumers to confront inequality: ‘Visibility is the price of progress’

January 03, 2026 10:11 am

Over a series of posts across two days, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal responded to criticism of platform-based work.

World Inequality Report 2026: India’s growth model is leaving the 'middle' behind

December 15, 2025 11:42 am

New data from the World Inequality Lab and India’s Access (In)Equality Index reveal a structural crisis — rising elite wealth, a hollowed-out middle class, and stalled investment in human capability

World Bank claims a drastic reduction in inequality in India. There is more to the story

July 18, 2025 5:50 pm

The report predominantly emphasises administrative progress and aggregated outcomes, missing ground-level disparities in access, affordability, and inclusion, which are critical in measuring and understanding relative poverty

It is widely acknowledged that the gap between the bottom 10% and top 10% of the population is widening, even if it is assumed that everyone in the country is becoming better off.

ExplainSpeaking: Why govt claims on reducing inequality in India are being contested

July 10, 2025 12:15 pm

Referring to a World Bank brief, the government has claimed India is world’s ‘fourth most equal country’. What does this conclusion miss?

100 years of The Great Gatsby: Echoes of the American dream in modern India

November 03, 2025 1:13 am

A hundred years after The Great Gatsby was published, the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock still glows — not just in America, but across India too, where dreams of reinvention clash with the realities of caste, class, and economic disparity. But, like Gatsby’s dreams, the illusion of success often obscures deep structural divides.

Claims about India's rising inequality don't tell the full story

January 14, 2025 5:54 pm

While there is little room for complacency, Indian growth is inclusive on most counts

Thomas Piketty has argued that ultra rich in India must be taxed more to address rising inequality and raise more resources for government. Is his diagnosis accurate? (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Dis/Agree: Piketty is wrong, India is not that unequal

December 27, 2024 1:53 pm

An exaggerated Gini, inaccurate claims of income inequality, outdated information and sources – Pickety should establish his facts first and then proceed towards hypothesising Indian wealth tax, tax collection, savings and GDP growth

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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo interview: 'India's policy frame is not focused on inequality'

January 20, 2024 9:01 am

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work using Randomized Controlled Trials to evaluate social policies, spoke to The Indian Express about the most important policy challenges facing India. The duo, who co-founded The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in 2003, were speaking on the occasion of J-PAL's 20th anniversary.

Income inequality declines, says SBI research unit countering K-shaped eco recovery claims

January 09, 2024 7:21 am

The number of ITRs filed by people earning between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 25 lakh increased by 291 per cent while the total number of persons filing income tax increased to 7.4 crore in AY23 from 7 crore in AY22. For AY24, 8.2 crore ITRs have been filed by December 31, 2023.

WEF Davos: Income inequalities in India — How much does taxation help?

January 22, 2023 3:45 pm

Intentional action by policymakers for adopting progressive taxation systems, decentralising investments, promoting women’s entrepreneurship, and creating strong regulations can be a start in addressing India’s growing inequalities.