-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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Wealth of India's 10 richest enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 years: Study
-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 »oxfam India, Jamia Millia Islamia among nearly 6,000 NGOs whose FCRA registration has ended -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Either MHA refused to renew their application or they did not apply for one The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration of nearly 6,000 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has ceased from January 1 as either the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) refused to renew their application or they did not apply for one. The prominent names include oxfam India Trust, Indian Youth Centres Trust, Jamia Millia Islamia, Tuberculosis Association of India, among...
More »33% Muslims, 20% Dalits & Adivasis ‘faced discrimination at hospitals’, oxfam survey finds -Mohana Basu
-ThePrint.in According to the oxfam survey, 9% of respondents said they had to lose a day’s wage to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19. New Delhi: At least one-third of Muslims and over 20 per cent Dalits and Adivasis said they have been discriminated on the grounds of religion, caste, or because of illness in a hospital or by a healthcare professional, according to a survey by oxfam India. The survey — titled ‘Securing...
More »Dipa Sinha, economics professor at Ambedkar University and lead campaigner with the Right to Food Campaign, interviewed by Rashme Sehgal (Newsclick.in)
-Newsclick.in Dipa Sinha, economist and lead campaigner with the Right to Food Campaign, explains the myriad reasons for India faring worse on crucial hunger indicators and the way out. Economist Dipa Sinha, who teaches at the School of Liberal Studies at Ambedkar University, is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign. In an interview with Newsclick, she explains why hunger is not an isolated concern but the result of a confluence...
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