India's excess deaths during the Covid pandemic could be between 3.4 to 4.9 million, according to a new report which suggests millions more may have died from the SARS-CoV-2 virus than the official......
Extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after a surge in the two preceding years, but remained above the 2018 level, the latest World Bank data shows. Photograph:......
Average wages paid by listed companies is more than twice the salaries paid by other enterprises, points out Mahesh Vyas. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Listed companies had employed a......
About 56 million Indians may have plunged into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, increasing the global tally by 71 million and making it the worst year for poverty reduction......
The growth is particularly remarkable because it comes at levels higher than during the pre-Covid times, notes Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters CMIE's Consumer Pyramids......
It would be larger than even in the pandemic year of 2020-2021, observes Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters The pandemic of 2020-2021 and its concomitant lockdowns......