1. The richest 10% of the Indian population accounted for 52% of the carbon emissions.
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2. In 2017, the wealth of the richest one percent increased by Rs 20,913 billion. This amount is equivalent to the total budget of the Central Government in 2017-18.
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3. It would take around 17.5 days for the best-paid executive at a top Indian garment company to earn what a minimum wage worker in rural India will earn in their lifetime.
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4. Marginalised caste groups such as SCs, STs, and OBCs earn much less than the national household income average of Rs 1,13,222.
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5. Over 42 per cent of the agriculture labour force are women yet 83 per cent of agriculture land in the country is inherited by male members of the family.
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6. India’s top 10 per cent of the population gets 73 per cent of the wealth.
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