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A deeply misleading narrative has recently been doing the rounds — that India is the ‘fourth most equal country in the world’ ...

Whichever way one looks at the data, the picture is clear: India is a highly unequal country, and inequality is worsening.

According to the World Bank, India's Gini Index stands at 25.5, making it the fourth most equal country in the world, after ...