Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022 - Oxfam Report
Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022 By Abhirr VP 17 Jan, 2022 Share on :facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonlinkedin sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing button Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022 RICHEST 98 INDIANS OWN SAME WEALTH AS THE BOTTOM 55.2 CRORE PEOPLE One percent wealth tax on 98 richest billionaire families in India can finance Ayushman Bharat, the national public health insurance fund of the Government of India for more than seven years. New Delhi | 17 January 2022: When 84 percent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, the number of Indian billionaires grew from 102 to 142, Oxfam India’s latest briefing ‘Inequality Kills’ has revealed. The briefing was published today, ahead of the of the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda. The briefing indicates that the collective wealth of India’s 100 richest people hit a record high of INR 57.3 lakh crore (USD 775 billion) in 2021. ...