Why is calculating the actual level of income and wealth inequality in India extremely difficult? What are the methods? Does ...

I do a post on the inequality of global wealth using the annual data compiled by economists working for the Swiss bank, ...

AS per the World Bank's 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief, India is now ranked as the fourth 'most equal' country in the world.

Referring to a World Bank brief, the government has claimed India is world’s ‘fourth most equal country’. What does this ...

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The government’s assertions conceal a broader reality of increasing income inequality and widespread economic hardship. These ...

According to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23, inequality in consumption did decline ...

Financial and material security are certainly conducive to human happiness, but they do not appear to be more important than other humanistic factors.

According to the latest data from the World Bank, India has emerged as one of the most equal societies globally, with a Gini ...

India's poverty rate of 28.1% challenges its claim as one of the most equal societies, Congress urges policy change.

Figures like these are increasingly symbolic, rather than substantive,” CFA notes, pointing to a broader erosion of ...

The change in wealth inequality across Europe between 2008 and 2023 has been mixed across countries. According to a UBS report, it has sharply increased in some places, while showing modest declines ...