21032024-TTC-01.qxd 3/21/2024 12:28 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 80 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 DMK MANIFESTO VOWS ~1K FOR WOMEN, J&K STATEHOOD NATION /thetribunechd EX-MP CHOUDHARY LAL SINGH JOINS CONGRESS J&K SEBI PROPOSES AUDIOVISUAL DETAILS OF IPOs BUSINESS BIDEN AND TRUMP NOTCH UP MORE WINS IN PRIMARIES WORLD thursday | 21 march 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com IN BRIEF Sadhguru undergoes emergency brain surgery NEW DELHI: Spiritual leader Sad- hguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital here on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull, the hospital said. TNS ‘Spurious liquor’ claims 5 lives in Sangrur village SANGRUR: Four persons of Gujjran village died late on Tuesday and one on Wednesday allegedly after consuming ‘spurious liquor’. Among deceased labourers, two were twins. INSIDE 2 kids hacked to death in UP, one accused shot BUDAUN (UP): Two children were hacked to death on Tuesday in Budaun, the police said. Following this, one of the accused in the incident was killed in an encounter with the police. INSIDE Inequality soaring, 1% population in Phase-I notified, all TN seats up for grabs India holds 40% wealth, finds study INDIA VOTES Animesh Singh Tribune News Service In FY23, 22.6% of national income pocketed by elite Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 20 An international study has pointed to extreme levels of inequality in India compared to international standards which is higher than even during the inter-war colonial period. In 2022-23, 22.6 per cent of the national income went to just the top 1 per cent, the highest level recorded since 1922, con- ‘EXTREME DISPARITY, TAX SUPER RICH’ ■ Income disparity in India very high in the world, higher than S Africa, Brazil, US ■ The number of Indians with net wealth exceeding $1 billion went up from one in 1991 to 162 in 2022 ■ 10K wealthiest own an average of ~2,260 cr wealth, 16,763 times national average cludes a century-long examination of inequality in India by The World Inequality Lab. The paper titled “Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj” says ■ Study says super tax of 2% on net wealth of 167 wealthiest Indians should be levied inequality fell in the postIndependence period, but began rising in the early 1980s, and has skyrocketed since the early 2000s, with the wealth share of top 1 per cent population rising to 40.1 per cent in 2022-23. The paper has been authored by Thomas Piketty (writer of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” that saw him being called a “rock star economist”), Lucas Chancel and Nitin Kumar Bharti. “In other words, the ‘Billionaire Raj’ headed by India’s modern bourgeoisie is now more unequal than the British Raj headed by the colonialist forces. It is unclear how long such inequality levels can sustain without major social and political upheaval,” notes the paper by the four left-leaning economists. continued on page 9 Worse than in British era: Cong new delhi: The Congress expressed concern about the burgeoning rich-poor gap in the country, saying it was worse than even the British Raj. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the findings were extremely worrying. “Modi’s Billionaire Raj, nurtured by him to favour his friends and fund his party’s campaigns, is now more unequal than the British Raj,” he said, adding the BJP’s policies were focused on creating billionaire wealth. — TNS Indian probe ‘finds’ involvement of It’s ‘one family, one ticket’ rule for SAD rogue officials in plot to kill Pannun Harsimrat to defend Bathinda seat, Sukhbir may opt out Jupinderjit Singh Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 20 An investigation by the Union Government has found that rogue officials, not authorised by it, were involved in a foiled plot to kill US-based Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a media report said on Wednesday. The government has submitted the findings of the investigation to the US authorities, it said. No official confirmation was available to the report by a Western media agency. It quoted unnamed senior government officials as saying that at least one person who was directly involved in the alleged unauthorised plot was no longer working continued on page 9 BID TO ENSURE FAIR PLAY Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 20 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will for the first time follow “one family, one ticket” rule while picking candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. Party sources said it meant that only one person from the Badal family would con- ■ There were whispers within the ranks that the Akali Dal was under the control of a single family ■ Senior leaders had been pitching for the ‘one family, one ticket’ rule for Harsimrat Kaur Badal long to ensure fair play in the party test the elections. At present, both party president Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b Harsimrat Kaur Badal are MPs from Ferozepur and continued on page 9 New Delhi, March 20 The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections across 21 states on April 19. The phase will see contest on all 39 seats of Tamil Nadu, which has been at the centre of the ruling BJP’s attention with Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a series of rallies in the last few days. Some other key seats which will see voting in the first phase include Kairana, Muzaffarna- 2024 POLLING ON APRIL 19 Last date for nominations March 27 Scrutiny of nominations March 28 Last date for withdrawal of papers March 30 gar and Saharanpur in the politically significant sugarcane belt continued on page 9 After Delhi meet, Pratibha says won’t contest election Subhash Rajta Tribune News Service Shimla, March 20 Himachal Congress president Pratibha Singh today said she would not contest the Lok Sabha elections, confirming the murmurs doing the rounds for a while now that she was not interested in contesting the elections this time. A sitting MP from the Mandi parliamentary constituency, which she had won in the 2021 bypoll, she was widely seen as an automatic choice for the PARTY WORKERS’ MORALE DOWN Our workers are discouraged. I don’t think we will be able to achieve much success. ❝ Pratibha Singh, HP CONG CHIEF Mandi constituency. While her decision not to contest continued on page 9
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