Extreme Inequality

India could experience intense heat waves that will break the limit of human survival, according to a World Bank report. The country has recorded several deaths due to intense heat waves in the past two decades.

Flood-affected people move to higher ground in Dadu district, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 1, 2022. Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed more than 1,100 people across Pakistan

During the pandemic a new billionaire was created every 30 hours; for each of them, at almost the same rate, a million people could fall into extreme poverty in 2022.

The World Inequality Report states that the top one percent of the population in India accounts for a fifth of the total national income in 2021, while the bottom half accounts for just 13.1 percent.