While the income gap and pension gap already puts women at a disadvantage, now the pink tax further contributes to economic inequality between men and women. This issue needs to be scrutinized by the government and addressed...
The Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment took note of the lapses in the implementation of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) scheme.
Surrounded by the slums occupied by Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims, the celebrated gated communities of our cities reflect the naked truth of two Indias — one within the gate, the other outside of it.
At a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, Chidambaram had termed the budget "callous" and claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has not mentioned unemployment, poverty, inequality or equity anywhere...
The Deputy Chief inister further said the "Delhi education model" have been made possible because of the "regular practice" of taking feedback from students and teachers on policies and incorporating them in policies for...
Chairing it, justice Mishra said there are enabling laws and policy frameworks towards ensuring better healthcare for women as well as their empowerment.
Billionaires' fortunes increased by almost 10 times over a decade and their total wealth is higher than the entire Union budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19, says Oxfam.
India has not released a new household consumption survey since the NSS from 2011. By extension, the country has not released any official estimates of poverty and inequality for over a decade now, added the paper...
The ranks of the super-rich have swelled during the pandemic thanks to ample financial stimulus that pumped up stocks, the group said.
The study has been coordinated by economists Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman. The report has a foreword by Nobel laureates...
US Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron called for greater efforts to combat global inequality and the dangers faced by children...
The Covid-19 crisis amplified pre-existing gender gaps and the asymmetric power-relations between men and women. And this has a major impact on health and...
Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of a record-equalling seventh Formula One title, but he is more concerned by matters away from the track
The trickle-down theory has limits. It helps the weaker sections, but enables the capitalists to gain the most.
