-Business Standard Fruits of economic reforms monopolised by the elite: World Inequality Report The top one per cent of the population in India owns more than one-fifth of the total national INCome in 2021 while the bottom half earns just 13.1 per cent, said the World Inequality Report. The economic reforms and liberalization adopted by India have mostly benefited the top one per cent, the latest report for 2022 said. "India stands out...
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India among top countries in inequality; 10% hold 57% INCome: Report
-Livemint.com The average national INCome of the Indian adult population is ₹204,200. While the bottom 50% earns ₹53,610, the top 10% earns more than 20 times ( ₹1,166,520) India has emerged as the most unequal country with the top 1% of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national INCome in 2021, according to World Inequality Report 2022. The report added that that the average national INCome of the Indian adult...
More »NHRC issues notices to Centre, Nagaland on civilian killings
-The Hindu The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notices to the Centre and Nagaland Government over the killing of civilians by security forces in Mon district on December 4. The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of media reports and issued notices to the Union Defence Secretary, Union Home Secretary, Nagaland Chief Secretary and Nagaland Director General of Police, calling for a detailed report on the INCident within six weeks. “The...
More »Two U.P. school directors held for molesting 17 minor girls -Anuj Kumar
-The Hindu The INCident happened on November 18, but the local police lodged an FIR only on December 5 after a local MLA intervened on behalf of the parents Ghaziabad: The police have arrested the directors of two private schools in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly molesting 17 minor girl students who were asked to stay overnight on a school premises on the pretext of a practical exam. The INCident allegedly...
More »'Members of De-Notified Tribes Picked Up to Cover Up Shoddy Investigations': Justice Chandrachud
-TheWire.in "Constitutional and legal mandates are not sufficient to protect the rights of the marginalised group INCluding Dalit and tribals," he said at a lecture. New Delhi: Tribals are subject to oppression and cruelty even after independence and still picked up by the investigating officers to cover up shoddy investigations, Supreme Court Judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Monday. Justice Chandrachud was speaking at the 13th B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on the...
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