Indian billionaires saw their fortunes swell by Rs 2,200 crore a day last year, with the top 1 per cent of the country's richest getting richer by 39 per cent as against just 3 per cent increase in wealth for the bottom-half of the population, an Oxfam study said Monday.

Wealth of 9 richest Indians equal to poorer 50% of population: Oxfam

Terming the Modi government's decision to provide 10-per cent reservation for the economically backward section in general category a move towards social justice, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said thousands of seats will be there in higher education institutions under the new category from the next academic session.

10% reservation for economically weaker sections a revolutionary move towards social justice: Prakash Javadekar

Every purchase people make should benefit those who have made efforts and skills to produce it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday, noting that inclusive growth would be a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

Every rupee spent should benefit the needy: PM Modi

'The policies pursued over the past year seem deliberately designed to remove basic protections from the poorest, punish those who are not in employment and make even basic health care into a privilege to be earned rather than a right of citizenship,' said Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty

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Hyderabad's Zaheer Uddin Khan Memorial Trust also distributes ration to over one thousand poor families who can't afford it

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The students of Jammikunta town in Karimnagar district have collected 7,000 kgs of rice to give to the poor

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will donate 100,000 chicks to poor nations in their bid to end extreme poverty

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