Inequality In India

The report revealed a digital divide based on employment status, where 95% of the salaried permanent workers have a phone whereas only 50% of the unemployed have a phone in 2021

India has moved up six places to rank 123 out of 161 countries for reducing inequality but continues to be among the lowest performers in health spending, according to the latest Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII). The 2022 CRII looks at government policies and actions in 161 countries to fight inequality during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Norway leads the CRII followed by Germany and Australia. India's overall rank has improved by six points from 129 in 2020 to 123 in 2022. It has moved up 12 places to rank 129 for reducing inequality through progressive spending. The country ranks 16 for progressive taxation, up by three. Under ranking for minimum wage, India has fallen 73 places due to the counttry being reclassified as not having a national minimum wage. Under the 'Impact of public spending on reducing inequality indicator', India has moved up 27 places and under 'Impact of tax on reducing inequality indicator', India has moved up 33 places. The

Study says growth in prosperity also needs to be environmentally sustainable and must be solid and resilient in the face of external shocks

The country performed better on education and health parameters. Political representation has been a mixed bag

IMF study attributes it to free foodgrain supply to 800 million beneficiaries

Senior women executives earn an average of Rs 85 for every Rs 100 earned by their male counterparts, a study on gender balance in top organisations found

P Chidambaram said the Union Budget was the "most capitalist" with nothing for the poor and farmers while sops were being provided to big industrialists turning India into a very "unequal country"

Rajan said,the elements of creating capabilities is better education, better health care, better infrastructure

Analysis of education data confirms it has worsened

A growing challenge has gripped society

India's ranking in Human Development Index has hovered around 130 with no perceptible improvement for many years

Lok-Dessallien also recalled the contribution made by Mehta, who had served as the Indian delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1947 to 1948.

But the problem is that no matter how many government schemes there are for the poor, the system in its orientation works more for the privileged, writes T N Ninan

Justice Chelameswar, the second senior most Judge of the apex court, said that inequality exists in terms of religion, caste, language and region and there are historic reasons for the same