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not here on out as ever, but next is the street to stay with us. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the wound. sentimental glad you called hand out you sierra will bring you the news and current affairs. get my tv out of here. it welcome to the stream, my, my meds, habit dean. in recent months, india has risen to become the world's 5th largest economy. but at the same time, the divide between the countries richest and poorest appears to be deepening, as highlighted by the anti poverty and geo oxfam. today, we ask wire india's poor being left behind. ah, joining us today from bangalore o. ok, say tar phase, a media specialist at oxfam, india, which recently published a report, exploring the impact of wealth inequality in the country. we also have in bengal, route jobs, not job the director at the center for budget and policy studies. her work has explored gender health and education equity. and last but not least in new delhi, i did. jaw is an assistant professor at the institute for studies in industrial development. now you too can join the conversation, send us your questions and comments through our live youtube chat. so, very many things we want to get to, but let's start with the numbers. some of these numbers and ox time that i want to share with you take a look at this. the richest one percent owning about 40.6 percent of the country's wealth, the poor, 50 percent. just less than 3 percent of the wealth. now we have billionaires, in the meantime, rising from 102 of them in 2020 to 100. 66 in 2022. and the combined wealth of 100 riches people. that's the top. richest, $660000000000.00. now, when all those figures in mind, it's not what's behind the rise of this sort of deepening divide and how serious a problem is. it was high. i think it's a very, very serious problem and their own sloping. you know, it's, it's, it's not the, it's own. so the policies approach the supply side growth approach that has been followed the last 10 years is last be responsible for this. and, and we see that, you know, budget after budget we up to the see there's no movement away from that. if you take this year's budget, we bought expecting last year's budget, there was a huge expectation that they would be sometime out between equate, you know, which would be like a good start that to happen. and this year, despite the fact that their medals, when they was also merging who you had for example of not be skeptical, been stuff that has been limited to $100000000.00, but then your income tax club has also the job has also come down to whatever gains you have from the one that gets off from the other. well, and i don't think any quality is an issue for everybody. you know, and that's, that's the biggest reason why you don't see any mess. i want to drill down on that point a little bit later. about who this is an issue for who is actually most impacted, but because you brought that up, let's listen to the prime minister himself talking about this when the latest budget was announced in february. take a look at the 1st budget if this neck to era will build a strong foundation for building a developed india. this budget provide stability to those in need and it will fulfill the dreams of today's aspirational society, including villages, poor people, middle class people, and farmers. why don't you don't go, but if i did, so i'd say hearing that i mean indian government thing, it's final budget before the general. 3 election in 2024 will spur economic growth . critics are saying it'll do the opposite. what do you think the prime minister that that india is growing, but we need to ask the question that who is growing for and then the growth is going, you know, this is the story of indian inequality. the story offered to promise by government of india that has authority or failed to come down. economics is this still believe in and the budget is also reflection of that. we are seeing that that the dep leaving that they have increased the budget and education budget, which is true. they have there had been significant, but it's not enough. the government had promised the hell they would spend 2.5 percent of the g d p and what education they've been 6 percent of those are the b and it is their own national policy which talks about back. but what we are saying is that, you know, the union government, which is the national government of india to spending, i think less than a half on education and head board. so we need to see that. but that might work. but well, that's an important question. who does it work for? i did, i want to share with you a video that we have. this is from a union. this is from a clip from my colleague al jazeera, as part of the metal from december. but this is a union of farmers and it's a protest basically, and they're very close to the b j p. so they're certainly affected by this. take a look at it. the an impromptu dawn has broken out at the rally, new delhi. the song comes from the rest of the state. the raja, on one of the many regions represented here. how's the family's from across india have gathered to demand the government, lower taxes on fertilizers and other agriculture equipment and increased financial support. now, we want prices that earn as a profit. right now we are not recovering our costs. we are very deep in debt for 3 generations. we have only been passing on i did what is the government doing in order to quote some of these concerns? see, the thing is that late because i don't know about this inequality mean. yeah. well, at one point up at one point of paying yes, the government, the focus of the amenities based on a dobbs that listing new things that important. you know, i took you a job and do and then the focus is on that so, so just give me, give me a sec, i understand what you're saying just now. what do you make of, of the b j p 's argument and all of this, i mean, the budget really does put a lot of its faith in private investment. is that going to impact the middle class? and more importantly, the poor class? yeah, actually that's the whole point. see the by making risk when you can have faith in private investment, if you see the evidence of it, you look at the last 3. 0, it's not the 1st time that the government has put a space in the biggest investment. we have seen back continuously. that has been the philosophy actually. and that continued in this budget. and we do not see any investment coming up. the investment is actually not rising at all, and one has to understand why don't feel that these incentives are not enough enough to, to ation. when private investors clearly see that demand is not growing, and therefore the focus has to be on demand. and i'm afraid we do not see that. so there is a problem in don't solve there. you are hoping you're creeping. we have nor, you know, when you are looking at belonged to monta stuff, not really quick savings. it's all time low for unless you actually have measures that will grow demand that you will long see the change and let me add please. and that it's important that you know, the demand comes from the large number of people and not on number of people. that's the only be for you have to have all the sees that will give money to in the hands for well, who actually spend that that's, that's to be true. and we don't see that. and actually when you will notice, you know, that that's something it's, it's, it's a clear cut example. then you are actually not just wanting to unmet demand. you are actually reducing money for something that would have ensured both my roots pick out or be as well as wishing the demand. right. and then, you know, you talk about a large number of people. well in india, a large number of people, 80 percent. in fact, 8 out of 10 indian support and higher taxes on the rich on corporations, primarily those who benefit benefited during the pandemic. with that in mind, i do want to share with you and when you, when you allow me to ask one more cent. sure. what is this that we have, you know, we have, if you look at the right situation, we have not done mary bagley when it comes to growth in a band and me kind of looking, but it has been a jobless school. so i think employment is a huge concern, especially among the you will read on unemployment rate is much longer as compared to the you are named by mentioned, right, right. i can get spread. we had to focus on, well, no, and i appreciate you bringing that up. i mean, when, when i talk oxy about that, 80 percent, that one attacks on the ritz and bigger corporations. you know, we have a social justice activists who's kind of making a criticism that you are mentioning, saying the government not spending enough specifically on programs like health care and education which are so critical. so to take a listen to what is he shared with us? there's an increasing bulk up in india mainly due to an equal access to this. so says and popo that stems from systematic discrimination based on cast religion and gender. multiple studies have come from the same and often mix of action should be the not the super rich havoc dc here that a snow belt tax, and that should be taken care of immediately. and the government expenditure on health and education should be improved. and the distribution of political and fiscal bava should be more towards the states because every state pass a different issue to address so i did, i want to ask you the finance minister on february 1st introduce the budget. $550000000000.00 budget, a critic saying it doesn't include as we just heard from one ah, activist there doesn't include the reintroduction of this wealth tax. why not see? the 1st thing is that the was thanks is not a new concept. it was already is an environmental speech. well then it was the but the that the, what is the objective up into the if you were to do the text, whether you want to get to collect the venue. because the d test was that when there was a real x in india, the collection was a venue was not that. but the 2nd one is that that, that there was a us form in 1995 under the 10 minutes. and he won't have to repeat that because when you introduce a will that's the cost would be on the productive and we missed it again. so, so i, well, if i can stop you there, because just now it looks like she might have a response to some of what you're saying. i'm wondering just now if 8 out of 10 indians want to see this wealth tax on, on the rich and on corporations. is it not possible that it could have the potential to, in fact, dramatically increase lives or, or is what i was saying there? correct. the but the argument oh that one often hear that from that it that you know, when should be left to will be plea because they know how can i would have bought back, you know, 95 that might have been to that. but if you look at, you know, as an, as an artist, you know, as an analysis, all the job is to look at them. and then we look, okay, we're going in current, you know, off in immediate, contemporary us. we do not find that the look at corporate tax was nor the same argument so it will, you know, it, it will generate more. ready sources will be invested. yeah, that was why we like to go ahead. god jump in there. explain. you weren't. you were shaking your head a lot as we were hearing josma there. why were you shaking your head? well my, i was like to disagree that i think i say go ahead, log back in india right now, should i have to go beyond it didn't mandation because we are seeing lot of other countries which are actually implementing and bringing back well stacks. we have a we have bolivia and there are a couple of other countries also who are trying to bring the tax back. and i think in government countries lee, we can really implemented more cleverly and more visibly. and i understand their tax season issue, but i'm sure government has the resources and tactic to address that. i just wanted to add one more point in. sure, you know, this is not a discussion should be just about the budget. here it is a continuous trend indian economy from 2000. well, if you see the numbers well, it has been created almost 40 percent of the new world created. didn't grab it and only 3 percent of that, which isn't the public's right. and we'd like you don't have a distribution measure to do my just in please. right. and you know, just to visualize that more, we have a short social video by al jazeera that highlights the controversy over 1000000000 in particular. gout, i'm done. you take a look at this with with of course mr. danny and mr. mckee, very close there. i do want to just ask you straight up, is this a case? does this help strengthen the case that billionaires should be taxed your thoughts oxy? yeah, definitely been initially more taxed. i mean, that is the most common sense. and i do right now to combat inequality. we are not saying that well, tax is a syllable solution to the all the problem, but it can be a huge step in combating you know, currently existing mass suffering and health crisis and climate crisis and education crisis that india. and i did. what do you think? i mean, a should. should billionaires be taxed more and more importantly, what do you think? i think there was a, not the answer is that these are being the 2nd person is that with in the text, with the well text for the, the, the quiz than the previous. but elizabeth, seeing that there and contributed introduce, will text. but then i will leave for these in the world that had introduced, well, i thought it was 15 countries in 1994. so we have to do the logic on the wednesday or any just sent me that right now. that's all woman selecting the bag. are going to see that that's the movies are not much less than that but, but i guess, i guess the question that i'm wondering if i can do, if i can just focus us in a bit, then why do you think there is this growing divide? why, you know, who is actually missing out on the story of economic growth and success that the b j. p is painting? i did. i did. can you hear me? ok, it seems like maybe i did cannot hear me. let's, let's just know who is missing out. can you answer for us? you know, of course, you know, the, what i think i did, i did forgive me. i think you might have a delay. can you hear me when i did? can you hear me? okay. i think we're having issues forgive me with his audio. we're going to just continue with you. just not as you were saying. yeah, well if you don't want to fat and if you look at the loss, been yelled, train the, put it back, the connection has been actually falling down. so i'm not shown, you know, if richard actually paying the taxes because and it would be because of the fall in the rate. so i'm not saying that you know, that avoiding because, but the tax rate, when we cut down that have, you know, that logic was that that will actually increase right. collection that has not happened. income tax collections have been going up and collections have been done . if you look at the and i want you, we, we've gone just and i want to give you try and, and dad you offer fee that you don't for the grant will be, i think it's a major in this field budget. then we are putting a cap on the capital gain stuff because it's john ducks know that, and that alone is not enough. we have gifts that so we have the same, so we'll get in there. but if you look at the exemption, you know, it's almost everybody's exempted for you. you know, i can receive any body, you know, whether you're married, your husbands on, on, or maybe your nieces, anybody can box things for you and everything is so, so, and if i may, if i'm in the logic. yeah, go ahead the logical smokestacks. is that the, since one of the most, you don't rent is something that has nothing to do with who you law. it's not actually comes from the fact that there you are born. yeah. so it's, it's their social capitol, electric and been sick. so therefore, it in the book on pets, then rich on, you know, the, the used to read as a student or he cannot expect it to be coming to temper becoming florida. but don't we have a good piece of that? and therefore, i think, you know, when you have some major, but the moment you reduce the surcharge, you basically offset that. so be have to have a very clear policy that i haven't said demonic growth. so employment should be incentivized and not production. and you have to have taxes and, and then you have to did it those taxes. sure sir. so just let's say, let's take a moment. i do want to kind of go ahead oxy. i know you want to get in there. but, but before we come to you, i wanted to share with our audience, you know, we want to talk about the economic challenges on a day to day basis that affect the majority of indians. we do have a little clip from, i'll de zera's poverty, metallic. this is about day laborers who come to new delhi from the villages looking for work, take, listen oh, scenes like this are an every day routine on the outskirts of new delhi. dozens of laborers come to the street every morning to find work. they fix their wages with recruiters and heck to the work site. most of them hide and construction is a messiah game where you're located. at the tip top says he holds a master's degree, but was forced to leave his village because his job doesn't be enough that companies now bought buddy balls. it's very competitive. there aren't enough jobs that are fuel groman, jobs, and private companies don't be well. it's also difficult for us to get paid on time . the government should fix a minimum beach for daily rate workers make us i say i want to ask you and you tube we have solid cancer asking which regions are most affected by the economic inequality? is it related to religion or to cast? what were you going to add and what do you make of what the daily laborers were saying there? yeah, so i just wanted to, i thought also the for the question of who exactly is losing on who is exactly getting most affected by the student, any quality and on that is very straightforward. it countries the west, you muslim, then marginalized women. it's also the environment that goes with us going in right now on the screen, which form major deals that get dropped for then government estimated. so say that they might be running like less than $10000.00 or like $100.00 per month. so these are the people who lose and they are dependent on government services. and then you got the government budget when you got forced to go to the budget on which on what 80800000000 people are dependent on. and it's all, what do i the population of united so so, but it's actually, i'm curious, what does more economically fair in the actually look like to you. i think as i said, the tax go over and must consider. and once you have driven you from the tax, we need to universalize public services documents back to help get better and better what, what, what i mean by that is we need more time, i guess. and does we need more doctors? we need more school is because lot of children are right now out of school, and that would be a step towards more unequalled india. and just briefly, just now, what would you add to that? you know what i mean? and is that it's, it's so you know, when you are doing then you've been public investment is high on elephant education . it also leads to good look at the entire, i mean, i keep arguing this all the time. look at the capital is to europe. it has sized on heavy invest, went on public health and education. so we have to realize that and historically belong the people talk about, you know, my to 31st off the capital investment. i wouldn't say that the distributive aspect of market lighting effect off public investment on felton education must be studied bechtel and adopted. that is one of the thing is, is very important. that technology we're running out of time used. okay, fine. so i would say then basically inclusive, you know, and in miss cannot be just a record it, you have to actually back it up with policies that i believe, you know, that make the economy goes. well, we, we haven't heard from, ah, mira, someone who shared with us the role of philanthropy and all of this, which we haven't discussed as much take a listen to what nero, i'd say during the 2023 budget india's parliament was celebrating impressive economic growth rates. of 7 percent, but we continue to be a country with deep inequalities, 10 percent of our richest, who got even richer during the pandemic own 80 percent of the wealth. it's clear indian needs to redefine at social contract. and what we can expect from each other in society, irrespective of wealth, there is a growing responsibility for philanthropy to support our most vulnerable communities. we see the rise of family philanthropy shaping a new social contract where a 1000000000 thrive with dignity and equity. well, what certainly stood out to me is that statement about 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