income inequality

Bengaluru: Experts unpack the staggering reality of income inequality

The discussion was organised by Citizen’s Forum, Bengaluru, and convened by former Chairman of the Legislative Council, Prof. BK Chandrashekar.

17 August 2024, 22:47 IST

Bengaluru: Experts unpack the staggering reality of income inequality

17 August 2024, 22:47 IST

74% Indians support taxing super-rich to address global inequality, climate change: Survey

The survey by the Earth4All initiative and Global Commons Alliance covered 22,000 citizens in the world's largest economies.

24 June 2024, 01:49 IST

74% Indians support taxing super-rich to address global inequality, climate change: Survey

24 June 2024, 01:49 IST

Trickle-down economics was an idiotic idea. How do we fix the inequality it causes?

Forty years of the neoliberal experiment have created a world of vast and increasing inequality rationalised by the false promises of a global free market. But this can change, and it should change.

27 May 2024, 08:14 IST

Trickle-down economics was an idiotic idea. How do we fix the inequality it causes?

27 May 2024, 08:14 IST

India's richest 1% holds 40% of wealth; inequality rising since 2000s: Study

The 10,000 wealthiest individuals of the 92 million Indian adults own an average of 22.6 billion rupees ($271.91 million) in wealth, 16,763 times the country's average, while the top 1 per cent possessing an average of 54 million in wealth.

20 March 2024, 12:41 IST

India's richest 1% holds 40% of wealth; inequality rising since 2000s: Study

20 March 2024, 12:41 IST

Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

The fortunes of wealthy elites have also skyrocketed over the years, increasing the gap with the average Indian

01 June 2023, 18:55 IST

Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

01 June 2023, 18:55 IST

Car sales data reveals increasing inequality in India

Premium car sales surge, but entry-level vehicles find fewer buyers – a telltale sign of uneven economic recovery

22 April 2023, 04:01 IST

Car sales data reveals increasing inequality in India

22 April 2023, 04:01 IST

India’s billionaires and billion others

The debilitating impacts of wealth inequality are manifold. It has stripped 70% of Indians of such a basic necessity as a healthy, consumable diet etc

09 February 2023, 05:33 IST

India’s billionaires and billion others

09 February 2023, 05:33 IST

Wealth Gap | Three ways to make it a more equal world

Just 5% of Indians own more than 60% of country’s wealth, while the bottom 50% of India’s population possess only 3% of wealth

17 January 2023, 05:40 IST

Wealth Gap | Three ways to make it a more equal world

17 January 2023, 05:40 IST

Universal Basic Income: can it be done?

The issue of universal basic income (UBI) may have gained momentum in the debate on social security but the country is yet to be convinced about how sustainable it is in terms of securing a reasonable income to maintain a long-term social livelihood.

26 March 2019, 19:16 IST

Universal Basic Income: can it be done?

26 March 2019, 19:16 IST

Why inequality is rising

Eagerness to invite capital, ‘ease of doing business’ have ignored pro-poor, pro-labour practices

21 January 2019, 18:49 IST

Why inequality is rising

21 January 2019, 18:49 IST