India, March 28 -- The bartender at University College, Oxford, goes to Spain for a vacation. A plumber in Brussels has high service charges and leads a life of dignity. Meanwhile, India's inequality has attracted attention, given the findings of a just-published study by a team that included economist Thomas Piketty. The Union ministry of finance, though, finds evidence of a decline in the latest consumption expenditure survey. The Inequality Report 2022 brought out by the Institute of Competitiveness for the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), had used Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2019-20 data, to say that a monthly salary of Rs.25,000 and above puts a person in the top 10% of the total wages earned. This indicated a challenge in securing development with dignity for all....