Top 1% Indians’ income share is higher now than under British-rule: Data

Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai., located alongside skyscrapers and luxury apartments | Photo Credit: Reuters In 2022, 22.6% of the national income went to the top 1% of Indians. Cut to 1951, their share in the income was only 11.5% and even lower in the 1980s — just before India opened up its … Read more