COVID-19 has Increased Disparities Between the Rich and Poor
In one year of the pandemic, the rich have gotten richer, meanwhile the middle and poor classes have suffered immensely.
In one year of the pandemic, the rich have gotten richer, meanwhile the middle and poor classes have suffered immensely. If 10% of the wealth that the 100 richest Indians acquired last year is distributed among the poorest in the country, each one will get Rs 94,000. If the rich have gotten richer, then in the last year, 3.2 crore people in the middle class have slipped into poverty, and 7.5 crore have fallen below the poverty line.
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