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World Inequality Report: India Has 85% Billionaires From Upper Castes, None From Scheduled Tribes
- Wednesday June 26, 2024
- India News | Written by Gaurav Dwivedi
A recent report by the World Inequality Lab has documented a significant rise in economic disparities which has led to an uneven demographic makeup of billionaires in India.
- www.ndtv.com
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Earning Rs 25,000 Per Month? You Are In India's Top 10%: Report
- Saturday May 21, 2022
- Business | Edited by Rahul Karunakar
Highlighting a vast income distribution disparity in the country, the latest State of Inequality in India Report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister shows a bleak picture, with gaps that need to be addressed so that the goals of social progress and shared prosperity are realised.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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"I'm A Workaholic," IMF's Gita Gopinath Tells NDTV: Top Quotes
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- India News | NDTV News Desk
IMF chief Gita Gopinath spoke to NDTV on the pandemic, vaccine inequity amid Omicron threat, and economic challenges and opportunities in India. She also gave a message to the government.
- www.ndtv.com
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IMF's Gita Gopinath Speaks To NDTV: Highlights
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- India News | Edited by Nonika Sharma
IMF chief Gita Gopinath spoke to NDTV on the pandemic, vaccine inequity amid Omicron threat, and economic challenges and opportunities in India. Ms Gopinath underlined the need for vaccination "on a war footing".
- www.ndtv.com
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Percentage Of School Students Owning Smartphone In Rural India Rose To 61% In 2 Years: Economic Survey
- Friday January 29, 2021
- Education | Reported by Press Trust of India
The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted and stated that if utilised well, the resultant reduction in digital divide is likely to reduce inequalities in education.
- www.ndtv.com/education
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Lockdown Made India's Billionaires 35% Richer, Lakhs Lost Jobs: Oxfam
- Monday January 25, 2021
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos.
- www.ndtv.com
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63 Indian Billionaires Have More Money Than The Union Budget For 2018-19: Oxfam
- Monday January 20, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Advanced In 30 Years As Much As Britain Did In 150: Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman
- Saturday March 17, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has made rapid progress on the economic front but economic inequality in the country remains an issue.
- www.ndtv.com
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Varun Gandhi Wants Rich Lawmakers To Forego Salary To Reduce Inequality Gap
- Monday January 29, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
BJP lawmaker Varun Gandhi has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to initiate a "movement" to encourage economically advantaged Lok Sabha members to forego their remunerations for the remaining term of the Lower House. The move would reinforce people's faith in their representatives, he said.
- www.ndtv.com
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India's Richest 1% Cornered 73% Of Wealth Generated Last Year: Oxfam Survey
- Monday January 22, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year, a new survey showed today, presenting a worrying picture of rising income inequality.
- www.ndtv.com
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IMF Calls For Fiscal Policies That Tackle Rising Inequality
- Wednesday October 11, 2017
- Business | Thomson Reuters
While overall global inequality has fallen in recent decades because of the economic rise of countries such as China and India, inequality within countries has risen sharply, especially in large countries like the United States and China.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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No Silver Bullet For Excessive Inequality: IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
- Wednesday January 18, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
According to the IMF chief, the middle class is both growing and shrinking - growing on a global basis, but shrinking in countries like the US.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Richest 1 Per Cent Own 58 Per Cent Of Total Wealth In India: Rights Group
- Monday January 16, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
In signs of rising income inequality, India's richest 1 per cent now hold a huge 58 per cent of the country's total wealth -- higher than the global figure of about 50 per cent, a new study showed today.
- www.ndtv.com
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JNU Student Leader Kanhaiya Kumar Says Democracy Under Attack In Country
- Thursday March 24, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar today vowed that he would keep up his fight against casteism, and economic inequalities but ruled out him campaigning in the coming Assembly polls.
- www.ndtv.com
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Turkish, Indian Women Tend to Stay Silent on Unequal Treatment: Survey
- Tuesday October 13, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Women in Turkey and India face some of the greatest workplace inequities among the G20 nations but are least likely to speak out, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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World Inequality Report: India Has 85% Billionaires From Upper Castes, None From Scheduled Tribes
- Wednesday June 26, 2024
- India News | Written by Gaurav Dwivedi
A recent report by the World Inequality Lab has documented a significant rise in economic disparities which has led to an uneven demographic makeup of billionaires in India.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Earning Rs 25,000 Per Month? You Are In India's Top 10%: Report
- Saturday May 21, 2022
- Business | Edited by Rahul Karunakar
Highlighting a vast income distribution disparity in the country, the latest State of Inequality in India Report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister shows a bleak picture, with gaps that need to be addressed so that the goals of social progress and shared prosperity are realised.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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"I'm A Workaholic," IMF's Gita Gopinath Tells NDTV: Top Quotes
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- India News | NDTV News Desk
IMF chief Gita Gopinath spoke to NDTV on the pandemic, vaccine inequity amid Omicron threat, and economic challenges and opportunities in India. She also gave a message to the government.
- www.ndtv.com
-
IMF's Gita Gopinath Speaks To NDTV: Highlights
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- India News | Edited by Nonika Sharma
IMF chief Gita Gopinath spoke to NDTV on the pandemic, vaccine inequity amid Omicron threat, and economic challenges and opportunities in India. Ms Gopinath underlined the need for vaccination "on a war footing".
- www.ndtv.com
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Percentage Of School Students Owning Smartphone In Rural India Rose To 61% In 2 Years: Economic Survey
- Friday January 29, 2021
- Education | Reported by Press Trust of India
The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted and stated that if utilised well, the resultant reduction in digital divide is likely to reduce inequalities in education.
- www.ndtv.com/education
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Lockdown Made India's Billionaires 35% Richer, Lakhs Lost Jobs: Oxfam
- Monday January 25, 2021
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos.
- www.ndtv.com
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63 Indian Billionaires Have More Money Than The Union Budget For 2018-19: Oxfam
- Monday January 20, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Advanced In 30 Years As Much As Britain Did In 150: Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman
- Saturday March 17, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has made rapid progress on the economic front but economic inequality in the country remains an issue.
- www.ndtv.com
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Varun Gandhi Wants Rich Lawmakers To Forego Salary To Reduce Inequality Gap
- Monday January 29, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
BJP lawmaker Varun Gandhi has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to initiate a "movement" to encourage economically advantaged Lok Sabha members to forego their remunerations for the remaining term of the Lower House. The move would reinforce people's faith in their representatives, he said.
- www.ndtv.com
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India's Richest 1% Cornered 73% Of Wealth Generated Last Year: Oxfam Survey
- Monday January 22, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year, a new survey showed today, presenting a worrying picture of rising income inequality.
- www.ndtv.com
-
IMF Calls For Fiscal Policies That Tackle Rising Inequality
- Wednesday October 11, 2017
- Business | Thomson Reuters
While overall global inequality has fallen in recent decades because of the economic rise of countries such as China and India, inequality within countries has risen sharply, especially in large countries like the United States and China.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
No Silver Bullet For Excessive Inequality: IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
- Wednesday January 18, 2017
- Business | Press Trust of India
According to the IMF chief, the middle class is both growing and shrinking - growing on a global basis, but shrinking in countries like the US.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Richest 1 Per Cent Own 58 Per Cent Of Total Wealth In India: Rights Group
- Monday January 16, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
In signs of rising income inequality, India's richest 1 per cent now hold a huge 58 per cent of the country's total wealth -- higher than the global figure of about 50 per cent, a new study showed today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
JNU Student Leader Kanhaiya Kumar Says Democracy Under Attack In Country
- Thursday March 24, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar today vowed that he would keep up his fight against casteism, and economic inequalities but ruled out him campaigning in the coming Assembly polls.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Turkish, Indian Women Tend to Stay Silent on Unequal Treatment: Survey
- Tuesday October 13, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Women in Turkey and India face some of the greatest workplace inequities among the G20 nations but are least likely to speak out, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com