-The Hindu Cabinet clears ₹2.17 lakh cr. in additional Central and State funding to achieve target Having achieved only 55% of its target, the Centre has extended its deadline to provide pucca houses to all families in rural India by two years, to 2024. In a decision taken by the Cabinet on Wednesday, the flagship rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, will be provided ₹2.17 lakh crore in additional Central and State...
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India 'Poor and very unequal' with affluent elite: World Inequality Report -Indivjal Dhasmana
-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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-The Hindu The reduction of out-of-pocket expenditure that the NHA highlights is essentially due to a decline in utilisation of care Low public spending on health in India has meant that people depend heavily on their own means to access health care. It causes rich-Poor, rural-urban, gender and caste-based divides in access to health care, pushes people to poverty, and forces them to incur debt or sell assets. As a result, our...
More »India is among the most unequal countries, says World Inequality Report
-Scroll.in In 2021, the top 1% of India’s population earned 21.7% of the total national income, while the bottom 50% made just 13.1%. The top 1% of India’s population earned more than one-fifth (21.7%) of the country’s total national income in 2021, while the bottom 50% made just 13.1% of the money, showed this year’s World Inequality Report released on Tuesday. The top 10% of the population owned as much as 57% of...
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-PTI/ NDTV According to the report, World Inequality Report 2022, average household wealth in India stands at ₹ 9,83,010. New Delhi: India stands out as a "Poor and very unequal" country, with the top 1 per cent of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021 and the bottom half just 13 per cent, according to a report. The report, titled "World Inequality Report 2022", has been authored...
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