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The government’s assertions conceal a broader reality of increasing income inequality and widespread economic hardship. These ...

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Referring to a World Bank brief, the government has claimed India is world’s ‘fourth most equal country’. What does this ...

According to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23, inequality in consumption did decline ...

Is South Africa truly the most unequal country in the world? This article challenges the widely accepted Gini Coefficient, revealing how it overlooks significant black wealth and social progress, and ...

Figures like these are increasingly symbolic, rather than substantive,” CFA notes, pointing to a broader erosion of ...

France's poverty rate reached 15.4% in 2023, its highest level since records began in 1996, according to data from the ...

A deeply misleading narrative has recently been doing the rounds — that India is the ‘fourth most equal country in the world’ ...

Arkansas ranked eighth out of 50 states for income inequality, with the top 5% of the population holding a 23.37% share of ...

India's poverty rate of 28.1% challenges its claim as one of the most equal societies, Congress urges policy change.