"This is a level of regional inequality unprecedented in large federal states in contemporary world economic history." So why are disparities within India rising even as standards of living are ...
Did India's economic reforms lead to a sharp rise in inequality? New research by French economists Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty, author of Capital, the 2013 bestselling book on capitalism and ...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised the significant strides India has made in reducing inequality over the last decade. The minister, while addressing an audience at Columbia University ...
The divergence between the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor is increasing world over but it’s particularly pronounced in India. Inequality can impact the sense of community and ...
With the state accounting for 9% of India’s population and less than 2% of its GDP, it can be clubbed with sub-Saharan Africa ...
When differences in GDP per capita are weighted by population, inequality between countries increased during 2020—which Deaton argues can be attributed to the pandemic. More specifically, it can be ...
New Delhi, Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23 ...
If Labour is serious about addressing regional economic inequalities, it must reverse Conservative education policies, ...
She also leads a research theme at the LSE International Inequalities Institute on "Global Economies of Care". Her book, "Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerrillas", was winner of the 2020 ...