A report titled “Time to Care” has been released by Oxfam International.
The report focuses on global inequalities and alleviation of global poverty.
The report suggested steps for inclusive development by taking gender inequalities measures.
In 2019, there were a total of 2,153 billionaires in the world, all combine having more wealth than about 60 percent of the global population (4.6 billion people).
World’s richest 1% have more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people.
As per the report, it would take a female domestic worker 22,277 years to earn what a top CEO of a technology company makes in one year.
It also revealed a comparison that the total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires is higher than the total Union Budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19
India’s richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country’s population.