The divergence seems to be due to higher income groups benefiting disproportionately from policy changes and also because ...

Economist and researcher Nitin Bharti explains how inequality is holding back India’s growth potential and argues what the ...

This is the broad message of the World Inequality Report (WIR) 2026, the third in the series after those in 2018 and 2022.

It is a scary scenario. The richest 10 per cent in the world own nearly 75 per cent of the global wealth, compared to barely ...

Economist Rajesh Shukla, in an interview, says taxing high-income farmers is as much about fairness as it is about plugging ...

The BJP brands laws as “Viksit Bharat” to declare development achieved while masking inequality, stagnation, and democratic ...

As Doug McMillon steps down at the end of this month, his compensation highlighted the vast gaps between top executives and ...

India’s celebrated GDP growth masks flawed data, elite-driven consumption, weak investment, joblessness, and deep ...

Debating whether 3 lakh rupees makes someone an “Indian-equivalent lakhpati” misses the larger truth. The real story is not ...

As the winter chill sets in across India, so does exam season, a combination that most students dread. While the cold brings ...

Dr. Rahul Kundal [email protected] As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes industries and social systems, India stands ...

Bangladesh is stuck on the upward slope. The Gini coefficient, a measure of inequality where 0 is perfect equality and 1 is perfect inequality, has marched steadily upward. In 1974, the country sat at ...