WEALTH TRACKER INDIA 2026
TAX THE TOP. CLOSE THE GAP. From opulent weddings to brazen political clout, from near complete control over media narrative to mind-numbing net worth figures – what we are witnessing today is truly unprecedented...
India’s Wealth Gap Widens; Top 1% Dominates National Wealth I Finance Matters, 05 December 2025
The World Inequality Report 2026 delivers a sharp warning about India’s economic direction. It shows that India is now one of the most unequal countries in the world, with wealth and income concentrating rapidly at the...
INEQUALITY ALERT
Dispatches from A World Growing Apart. Issue 1 | 18 October 2025 Issue 2 | 10 Novemeber 2025 Issue 3 | 25 November 2025 Issue 4 | December 17, 2025 Issue 5 |...
The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial
The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90%...
India’s stark disparities have finally found voice in political discussions
Since the pandemic, the gap between rich and poor Indians has never been more evident. But inequality was never a public concern – until now. For much of the first half of the year,...
Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up
The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see – how favours are earned and exchanged by the top 1% even as...
Tipping the Scales: Why We Need to Tax the Ultra-Rich Tipping the Scales
An article series published in Deccan Herald, curated in collaboration with the Centre for Financial Accountability.
നീതിയുക്തമായ നികുതി
ഇന്ത്യയിൽ വർഷങ്ങളായി അസമത്വം വർധിച്ചുവരികയാണ്. ചില ചരിത്രപരമായ ഘടകങ്ങളുടെയും നിലവിലെ നയങ്ങളുടെയും ഫലമായുണ്ടാകുന്ന ഈ സമ്പത്തിന്റെ കേന്ദ്രീകരണം അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തില്ലെങ്കിൽ പലരുടെയും ജീവിതത്തെ തകർക്കും. ഈ അസമത്വം കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിന് നീതിയുക്തമായ നികുതി സമ്പ്രദായത്തിന് വലിയ സാധ്യതകളുണ്ട്. സമ്പത്തിന്റെ അസമത്വത്തെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള പ്രശ്നങ്ങളിലൂടെയും ഇന്ത്യൻ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ അതിനുള്ള സാധ്യമായ...
ন্যায্য কর ব্যবস্থা
ভারতে বহু বছর ধরে বৈষম্য ক্রমবর্ধমান । নির্দিষ্ট ঐতিহাসিক কারণ ও বর্তমান নীতির ফলে সম্পদের এই কেন্দ্রীভূত হওয়া যদি মোকাবেলা না করা হয়, তাহলে তা অনেকের জীবন ছিন্নভিন্ন করতে থাকবে । একটি ন্যায়সঙ্গত কর...
To tackle the climate crisis, address inequality
Every morning, when we turn the pages of the newspaper, we get a glimpse of a rather grim future.we turn the pages of the newspaper, we get a glimpse of a rather grim future....
A decent public health system is incompatible with inequality
What Thomas Piketty shows us in A Brief History of Equality, with solid data over time, is that at the beginning of the 20th Century, direct taxes amounted to about 10% of the economy...
Inequality amplifies malnutrition crisis in India
That child malnutrition levels in India are high and slow to improve, even when compared with neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, does not need belabouring.
Mind the wealth gap, bridge it with wealth tax
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...
Why society should be concerned about inequality and poverty
Recently, after my talk on the current economic situation in India at a private university, I was asked, why those students should be concerned about inequality and poverty.
Transforming the World of Finance
What will help the world of finance/economy to transform? While I do not have an answer on that, I want to share why the economy/finance needs a serious and radical transformation.
