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Building a rights-based welfare State in India

Prabhat Patnaik Political formations in India have generally come to accept the idea of economic transfers to the poor. ...

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It’s time to tax the wealthy and bridge inequalities

Jyotsna Jha By all accounts, India is considered one of the most unequal countries in the world, and inequality has be...

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Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

Ishan Anand and Anjana Thampi Inequality in India is at obscene levels. While still home to a very large number of peopl...

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Tax the Rich Campaign Gains Momentum

The ever widening inequality in our country can be reversed only by taxing the rich. Even during the two years of the Co...

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Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a...

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Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pan...

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मालदार पे मलाई टैक्स | Tax The Top | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

आज पूरा देश आर्थिक दबाव से जूझ रहा है। सरकार खुद सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनियों की संपत्ति पट्टे पर दे रही है या बे...

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Tax The Top 1% Now | The Money Trail

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 When the entire country was reeling under economic pressur...

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July 7, 2023

Prabhat Patnaik

Building a rights-based welfare State in India

Prabhat Patnaik Political formations in India have generally come to accept the idea of economic transfers to the poor. The Congress made it a major plank in the recent Karnataka elections. Even the BJP, which favours transfers to the rich in the name of “development” and debunks transfers to the po...

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June 30, 2023

Jyotsna Jha

It’s time to tax the wealthy and bridge inequalities

Jyotsna Jha By all accounts, India is considered one of the most unequal countries in the world, and inequality has been on the rise in recent years. The World Inequality Report 2022 reported that the top 1 per cent in India owns 22 per cent of the total national income, while 10 per cent holds 57...

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June 9, 2023

Ishan Anand and Anjana Thampi

Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

Ishan Anand and Anjana Thampi Inequality in India is at obscene levels. While still home to a very large number of people living in destitution, the number of dollar billionaires in India increased from one in the mid-1990s to 166 in 2022. The fortunes of wealthy elites have also skyrocketed over th...

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April 11, 2023

Thomas Franco

Tax the Rich Campaign Gains Momentum

The ever widening inequality in our country can be reversed only by taxing the rich. Even during the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic the income that Mukesh Ambani earned is equivalent to what a NREGA Worker will make in 9000 years. When 24% of the Indians could not earn even Rs 3000 per month, th...

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January 11, 2023

Suchak Patel

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

73% of the wealth generated in India in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth. Economic inequality in India impacts every aspect of our everyday lives, despite the country being a welfare state. As we celebrate 75 years of Indep...

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July 15, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pandemic. Finance Ministry’s report claimed that armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India is on its way to becoming the fastest growing major economy in the world. T...

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March 11, 2026

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मालदार पे मलाई टैक्स | Tax The Top | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

आज पूरा देश आर्थिक दबाव से जूझ रहा है। सरकार खुद सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनियों की संपत्ति पट्टे पर दे रही है या बेच रही है। केवल 1 प्रतिशत सबसे अमीर लोग ऐसे हैं जो इस सब से बिल्कुल अप्रभावित है। उनकी संपत्ति पर आखिर टैक्स क्यों न लगाया जाए? देश के अति दौलतमंदों पर सिर्फ 2 प्रतिशत वार्षिक कर।&n...

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March 11, 2026

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Tax The Top 1% Now | The Money Trail

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 When the entire country was reeling under economic pressure, the super-rich still made profits. It’s time the people ask for their due share. #TaxTheRich #TaxTheTop1% 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆! ...

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Wealth Tax

Building a rights-based welfare State in India

It’s time to tax the wealthy and bridge inequalities

Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

Tax the Rich Campaign Gains Momentum

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

मालदार पे मलाई टैक्स | Tax The Top | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Tax The Top 1% Now | The Money Trail

Building a rights-based welfare State in India

It’s time to tax the wealthy and bridge inequalities

Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax

Tax the Rich Campaign Gains Momentum

Black hole of public finance: Unequal fiscal burden on citizens

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

मालदार पे मलाई टैक्स | Tax The Top | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Tax The Top 1% Now | The Money Trail