Inequality In India

Women, rural poor, unemployed lagging due to digital divide: Oxfam 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 up six places for reducing inequality, ranks 123 globally: Report

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

Job creation, reduced inequality should be key targets for India: Report

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

Gender Gap Index 2022: India slips on income measures, shows data

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

Consumption inequality fell to a near-four-decade low in FY21, shows data

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

Women execs earn Rs 85 for every Rs 100 earned by men: IIMA study

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

Most capitalist Budget, inequality rising in India rapidly: P Chidambaram

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"

Let the enterprise of our people take its course, Rajan tells Rahul Gandhi

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

Inequality in the US-II

Analysis of education data confirms it has worsened

Inequality in the US

A growing challenge has gripped society

Letters to BS: Three decades of economic reforms couldn't reduce inequality

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

Crimes against women: Have we lived up to vow of equal rights, asks Prez

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.

Why the Indian Person of the Year has just got to be the Little Guy

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

Inequality more in India, equality keystone of Constitution: SC Judge

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