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The report "Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj" by Thomas Piketty and colleagues highlights several important aspects of inequality in India. By 2022-23, the top 1% of the population controlled 22.6% of the national income and 40.1% of the nation's wealth, marking historically unprecedented levels.
In 16 states of India, more women voted than men. A total of 260.6 million women exercised their right to vote in April–May 2014 elections for India's parliament. [112] India passed 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in 1993, which provides for 33 per cent quotas for women's representation in the local self-government institutions.
Numbers of US dollar millionaires by world region per Credit Suisse (2022) [2] Rank Region Numbers (in thousands) Percentage of world total numbers As percentage of total adult population - World 62,489 100.0 1.1 1 Northern America: 26,778 41.9 9.5 2 Europe: 16,696 26.7 2.8 3 Asia-Pacific: 10,755 17.2 0.8 4 China: 6,190 9.9 0.6 5 Latin America ...
One year after the evictions, the bank loaned Lagos authorities $200 million to support the state government’s budget. The World Bank said it was “not a party to the demolition” and that it advised the Lagos government to negotiate with displaced people, leading to compensation for most of those who said they’d been harmed.
Around 1 in 4 working women (26 percent) were not contributing to their retirement in 2022 or 2023, as of August 2023. Among working women saving for retirement, nearly 30 percent don’t know how ...
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It’s time to recognize women’s impact on one another—and empower them to fix the broken rung. More must-read commentary published by Fortune : How U.S.-China competition is benefiting the ...
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...