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TopicInequality

Topic: inequality

Genetic clustering: Economic inequalities seem now in line with regional differences

Abdel Abdellaoui -
People are becoming increasingly clustered by certain types of genetics. Europe offers increasing evidence of this.

India’s ranking in world Fragility Index continued worsening after Modi govt came to power

Dev Kar -
India ranked 79th among 178 countries in overall fragility in 2013, the last full year when Congress was in power, increasing thereafter to 72nd rank in 2018.

Thomas Piketty is back with a 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires

William Horobin -
Thomas Piketty’s new book doesn’t just focus on Western economies, but also the political ideologies that lie behind inequality.

Why India would do well with a coalition govt: Pro-poor policies, less inequality

Arvind Kumar -
Coalition governments redistribute resources proportionately while countries with majority governments witness rapid rise in inequality.

Oxfam inequality study: Skewed parameters to assess wealth or disbalanced economic growth?

ThePrint Team -
In its annual report, Oxfam said that India’s wealthiest got wealthier by 39 per cent as opposed to the bottom half of the population...

Inequality reports like Oxfam’s end up hurting India’s poor with their poor methodology

Ila Patnaik -
Oxfam considers it “obscene” that the poor now borrow more, and have seen an increase in their liabilities.

Poverty or inequality: What is more important for India and Indian economists

Vivek Dehejia -
Is it reasonable to posit that in a still-poor country poverty alleviation is of greater consequence?

What Surjit Bhalla got wrong about our study on spatial inequality in India

Vivek Dehejia -
Three richest states in India are three times as rich as three poorest, which is why we can't ignore spatial inequality.

Why do the poor in India vote for Right-wing parties like the BJP?

Pavithra Suryanarayan -
The poor’s support of Right-wing parties is puzzling as they are choosing parties that work against their economic interests.

Supermarket supply chains come with hidden human cost—global poverty

Winnie Byanyima -
Millions of those people behind the everyday items in our shopping baskets don't earn enough for a decent standard of living.
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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

D.K. Singh -
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Muslims never held Akbar in high regard. Hindus made him ‘Great’

Bihar voter list revision is not anti-democratic—India can’t let illegals influence polls

Economy

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

Udit Bubna -
SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

Defence

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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