Sansad Watch Ep 25: How India's rich are getting richer at the cost of the poor

There was drama at the World Economic Forum in Davos after a bunch of "patriotic millionaires" released a letter asking their governments to tax them more. They took this step after Oxfam released a report titled Inequality Kills. As its title suggests, the report pointed out that inequality – where the super-rich one-percenters own more wealth than the bottom 50 percent – is just getting worse.

So, in this episode, we take a look at what the data says about India and who gained the most during the pandemic. No spoilers here, because it's exactly who you think it is.

Watch.

References

Oxfam's Inequality Kills report

Inequality Kills: India supplement

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