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World Inequality Report 2022

December 11 , 2021 965 days 829 0
  • France-based World Inequality Lab published this report.
  • This report was authored by Lucas Chancel, who is the co-director of World Inequality Lab.
  • It was coordinated by the famed French economist Thomas Piketty.
  • The report notes that the top 1 % of India’s population owns more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021.
  • The bottom half of the population earns just 13.1 percent.
  • It highlights that economic reforms and liberalization that India has adopted, have mostly benefited the top 1 percent.
  • The report identifies India as a poor and unequal country, with an affluent elite.
  • 1 percent richest people in India hold 22% of the total national income in 2021, while the top 10 % own 57 percent of the income.
  • The average national income of the Indian adult population is Rs 204,200 in 2021, on the basis of purchasing power parity.
  • However, the report clarified that the average national income of a country masks inequalities.

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