Thomas Piketty On India

The coronavirus crisis has grappled India and the world and affected over 38,00,000 lakh people worldwide. In India, over 56,000 people have been affected and killed over 1,800. NDTV's Dr Prannoy Roy talks to experts about how the lockdown has helped India fight the deadly disease, the economic repercussions of the pandemic and how soon can we get ...

Has India, famously tolerant of blatant inequality of wealth and income, reached the point at which its politics will have to respond to an ever widening-gap between rich and poor? Perhaps -- especially if you believe Thomas Piketty.

Not satisfied with the Finance Ministry's decision to release Income Tax statistics for only one assessment year (2012-13), noted French Economist Thomas Piketty today said the government should have come out with the figures for earlier years for a meaningful analysis on income distribution.

The coronavirus crisis has grappled India and the world and affected over 38,00,000 lakh people worldwide. In India, over 56,000 people have been affected and killed over 1,800. NDTV's Dr Prannoy Roy talks to experts about how the lockdown has helped India fight the deadly disease, the economic repercussions of the pandemic and how soon can we get ...

Has India, famously tolerant of blatant inequality of wealth and income, reached the point at which its politics will have to respond to an ever widening-gap between rich and poor? Perhaps -- especially if you believe Thomas Piketty.

Not satisfied with the Finance Ministry's decision to release Income Tax statistics for only one assessment year (2012-13), noted French Economist Thomas Piketty today said the government should have come out with the figures for earlier years for a meaningful analysis on income distribution.