An hour ago, Kamal tweeted as follows : Two girls, “Arshitha Agarwal” and “Kunisha Agarwal” had helped poor students, who are not able to get gadgets 2/n
Sources : Makkal Neethi Maiyam Chief Kamalhasan was furious for my interview that I termed him a B Team of BJP. Link of the interview is as follows :
An hour ago, Kamal tweeted as follows : Two girls, “Arshitha Agarwal” and “Kunisha Agarwal” had helped poor students, who are not able to get gadgets 2/n
People are wondering who are these Arshitha Agarwal and Kunisha Agarwal. They both are the daughters of Chennai City Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Agarwal IPS. 3/n
I had tweeted as follows : “The @chennaipolice_ Commissioner is doing a great job of distributing free iPads to poor students with the help of NGOs. 5/n
While it is a fact that the event distributing iPads to poor children, did happen, entire cost 5/n
Neither Mahesh Kumar Agarwal or his daughters had any role to play in it. However, Mahesh Kumar Agarwal’s both daughters participated in the event, for which Mahesh directed all senior officers in Chennai to participate. 6/n
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1/OK, data mystery time.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.