Wealth Of World's 5 Richest Men Swelled By $14 Million Per Hour: Oxfam
Releasing its annual inequality report on the first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting here, Oxfam said seven of 10 of the world's biggest corporations have a billionaire as a CEO, or principal shareholder.
Jan 16, 2024, 11:46 AM IST
Wealth Of 5 Richest Men Doubled Since 2020; Five Billion People Made Poorer: Oxfam Davos
Oxfam said seven of 10 of the world's biggest corporations have a billionaire as a CEO, or principal shareholder.
Jan 15, 2024, 15:37 PM IST
Know what does the OXFAM report on economic inequality says?
OXFAM has presented a report on economic inequality in India. According to the report, 50 percent of India's population owns only 3 percent of the country's wealth. The country's 21 billionaires have more wealth than the wealth of 700 million Indians.
Jan 17, 2023, 23:26 PM IST
India's richest one per cent now own more than 40 per cent of country's total wealth, finds new study
Oxfam International's annual inequality report said that if India's billionaires are taxed once at 2 per cent on their entire wealth, it would support the requirement of Rs 40,423 crore for the nutrition of malnourished in the country for the next three years.
Jan 16, 2023, 11:06 AM IST
Only 31% women in India own mobile phones - BIG REASON for inequality: Oxfam
Oxfam India's latest 'India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide' report said on Monday that the reach of digital technologies remains limited to largely male, urban, upper-caste, and upper-class households and individuals.
Dec 05, 2022, 17:25 PM IST
Non-SCs, STs earn more than SCs, STs, non-Muslims: Oxfam releases 'India Discrimination Report 2022'
According to report, 15.6% of the urban Muslim population were engaged in regular salaried jobs whereas 23.3 per cent of non-Muslims were in regular salaried jobs in 2019-20.
Sep 15, 2022, 09:39 AM IST
Income Tax survey undertaken without giving reason, claims Oxfam India
"During these 35 plus hours of non-stop survey, the Oxfam India team members were not allowed to leave the premises," Oxfam India said in its statement.
Sep 09, 2022, 20:51 PM IST
Covid-19 pandemic created one new billionaire every 30 hours, finds Oxfam's 'Profiting from Pain' report
The Oxfam report also stated that billionaires’ wealth has risen more in the first 24 months of Covid-19 than in 23 years combined.
May 23, 2022, 13:35 PM IST
World's 10 richest will take 414 years to spend their combined wealth, finds study
A study by Oxfam International has said that it would take the 10 billionaires 414 years to spend their combined wealth at a rate of a million dollars each per day.
Jan 18, 2022, 10:14 AM IST
India's 10 richest can fund school, higher education of country's every child for 25 years, finds study
The study showed that if each of the 10 richest Indian billionaires were to spend USD one million daily, it would take them 84 years to exhaust their current wealth.
Jan 18, 2022, 09:01 AM IST
Coronavirus crisis could plunge half a billion people into poverty: Oxfam
The report released by the Nairobi-based charity ahead of next week`s International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meeting calculated the impact of the crisis on global poverty due to shrinking household incomes or consumption.
Apr 09, 2020, 10:19 AM IST
DNA: Analysis of the gap between rich and poor
Why is the economic distance between rich and poor increasing; Watch this special segment of DNA to know...
Jan 21, 2020, 23:38 PM IST
World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%: Oxfam
In an annual wealth check released to mark the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the development charity said 2018 had been a year in which the rich had grown richer and the poor poorer, reports the Guardian.
Jan 21, 2019, 11:23 AM IST
Wealth of richest 9 Indians equivalent to bottom 50% of population: Oxfam study
The findings of the study were released before the start of the five-day World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos.
Jan 21, 2019, 07:32 AM IST
SOS Children's Village, creating a safe environment for unsupported children
A Children's Village, which is providing a stable and caring family environment to unprivileged and vulnerable children in India. SOS Children's Village came into existence in India in 1964 with an aim to take care of children who have lost parental care. Watch this video to know more.
Jan 02, 2019, 18:32 PM IST
Oxfam deputy chief quits over sex scandal allegations
Oxfam deputy chief resigned on Monday taking "full responsibility" for the behaviour of the British charity's staff in Haiti.
Feb 13, 2018, 00:23 AM IST
Rising disparity: Richest 1% in India corner 73% of wealth generated, says survey
The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year, a new survey showed, presenting a worrying picture of rising income inequality.
Jan 22, 2018, 06:26 AM IST
Eight men own half the world's wealth: Oxfam
Eight men own the same wealth as half the world's population, a level of inequality which "threatens to pull our societies apart", Oxfam said on Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum opening in Davos.
Jan 16, 2017, 09:56 AM IST
Who are the 62 richest people that own same wealth as half world's population? Have a look
The wealth of the richest 62 people has risen by 44 percent since 2010, while the wealth of the poorest 3.5 billion fell 41 percent.
Jan 19, 2016, 14:29 PM IST
Richest 62 people own same as half world's population: Oxfam
The wealth of the richest 62 people has risen by 44 percent since 2010.
Jan 18, 2016, 09:55 AM IST
