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Congress Denounces Government's Claim of Equality: Calls for Data Integrity

  • On Monday, Congress accused the Modi government of cherry-picking World Bank data after citing a Gini Index of 25.5 for 2022-23 to claim India is the fourth-most equal country globally.
  • The Ministry of Statistics' report, based on the April 2025 World Bank Poverty and Equity Brief, attributes declining inequality to welfare schemes and reforms, despite criticism of methodology and data manipulation accusations.
  • Critics highlighted that changes in the 2022-23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey hinder data comparability and that the government used consumption inequality to claim progress, despite a 28.1% poverty rate under the $3.65/day benchmark.
  • In response, Congress dismissed the claim as misleading, demanded PIB clarify and retract the release, and called for GST reforms and curbs on corporate favouritism.
  • In the run-up to elections, opposition Congress intensifies its critique of the Modi government’s data manipulation, highlighting growing disparities for working classes and rural poor.
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Clarion India broke the news in on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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