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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
Rahul Gandhi's redistribution pitch: First, fix public schools
April 29, 2024 1:04 pm
A one-shot redistribution of wealth or the adoption of a universal basic income scheme are not substitutes for building the capabilities of the mass of the population
Misleading analyses of poverty, complacency from policymakers will worsen India’s inequality crisis
April 16, 2024 6:42 pm
Inequality denialism is, of course, not unique to India, as we have seen at close quarters in the US and elsewhere. Worryingly, however, this sort of complacency from policymakers and the elites will only exacerbate India’s already ballooning inequality crisis.
World Inequality Lab report on India fails to capture the country’s economic reality
March 28, 2024 2:52 pm
These claims on inequality trends in India are based on a set of questionable assumptions. They warrant closer scrutiny
India’s top 1% income, wealth shares have reached historical highs: World Inequality Lab
March 20, 2024 11:45 am
Co-authored by economists Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, and Anmol Somanchi, the paper stated that the “Billionaire Raj” headed by “India’s modern bourgeoisie” is now more unequal than the British Raj headed by the colonialist forces.
Express View: Consumption expenditure survey is necessary to fill data vacuum in India
February 26, 2024 7:36 am
With the release of the detailed information gathered, it will be possible to better understand trends in poverty and inequality over the past decade or so — a period marked by considerable changes in the economy
MSU convocation: Ensure inequality doesn't widen in society, urges CJI DY Chandrchud
February 05, 2024 8:11 am
The convocation ceremony was also attended by Chief Minister Bhpendra Patel and Education Minister Rushikesh Patel.
French economist Piketty pens brief history of equality
April 15, 2022 7:02 pm
"A Brief History of Equality", published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, is slated for release on April 19. It was first published in French as "Une breve histoire de legalite" last year and has been translated by Steven Rendall.
Why we should care about inequality
March 04, 2022 7:34 pm
Equality is about access to opportunities, wealth, resources. It’s about human rights enshrined in international conventions
The lies we tell ourselves
January 04, 2022 1:27 pm
Writer Amitava Kumar on how a painting became a canvas for reflection on inequality and lack of social justice; how when we slow down news and engage with its horrors can we square up to the truth of our unequal lives
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