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Why inequality in India and the world shows little movement in recent years

May 09, 2026 11:53 am

According to the 2026 World Inequality Report, global income and wealth have reached historic highs, but inequality remains enormous both in India and the world. What are the major factors behind it? Beyond wealth, how does inequality manifest in gender and climate? Don't miss infographics.

Ananya Birla believes embodying both masculine and feminine energy is the key to success

April 21, 2026 12:06 pm

For women, this journey toward self-acceptance is a pathway to experiencing life fully, not as products for external consumption, but as individuals embracing authenticity.

Jyotirao Phule, remembering Jyotirao Phule, Violence against women, discrimination against women in workplaces, Gender inequality, inequality, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs

D Raja writes: Through Phule’s eyes, connecting the inequality dots

April 11, 2026 7:01 am

We are witnessing a departure from the very principles that thinkers like Phule helped to shape

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 no secret that some poor households in India skimp on food in order to purchase a private education for the children and private medical treatment for the family in an emergency.

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

Despite privileged access to all sorts of administrative data, the CEA has done little to shed light on economic inequality. (Illustration by CR Sasikumar)

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.

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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