-Scroll.in The non-profit group said that while the wealth of Indian billionaires rose by Rs 30 lakh crore during pandemic, over 4.6 crore people fell to extreme poverty. The income of 84% Indian households declined in 2021 while the number of billionaires in the country grew from 102 to 142 during the last year, non-profit group Oxfam said in a report released on Sunday. In its report titled “Inequality Kills”, Oxfam said that...
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India’s Economic System Rigged in Favour of the Super-Rich, Says Oxfam Report -Ditsa Bhattacharya
-Newsclick.in The report points out that in India, during the pandemic the wealth of billionaires increased from Rs 23.14 lakh crore to Rs 53.16 lakh crore. At the same time, more than 4.6 crore Indians are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020. While 84% of households in India suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by the tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, the number of...
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-The New Indian Express Oxfam India further said that an additional one per cent tax on the richest 10 per cent can provide the country with nearly 17.7 lakh extra oxygen cylinders. NEW DELHI/ DAVOS: Indian billionaires saw their combined fortunes more than double during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their count shot up by 39 per cent to 142, while the wealth of the ten richest is enough to fund school and...
More »Beyond India @75: Growth, Inclusion and Sustainability -S Mahendra Dev
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai There have been many successes and failures in economic and social development of India in the last 75 years. The recent covid-19 pandemic had also an adverse impact on growth, employment, health and education etc. In this paper, issues and policies are discussed beyond India@75 for achieving growth, inclusion and development. As India is integrated with the world, global issues are also important for...
More »As schools re-open, address language & mathematics competences at different grades, adopting a socio-emotional development approach, suggests NCEE
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 2nd November, 2021 * India’s 250 million children returning to school after 18 months of school closures and devastating learning loss * The NCEE warns that re-opening schools cannot be “return to school” as normal, and lack of a comprehensive approach will deepen the existing education inequality * Education recovery efforts require a multi-year, radically new approach, NCEE says NEW DELHI: The overwhelming majority...
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