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Mint Quick Edit | India’s count of billionaires is on a roll
One way of gauging how a country is faring is to track the wealth of its people. According to the latest Billionaire Ambitions Report of UBS, its count of billionaires rose to 185 in 2024, making India home to the third-largest group of individuals with over $1 billion in assets. For wealth expansion at the top of India’s pyramid to be sustainable, however, lower slabs need to do better. While wider equity ownership is a positive sign, the country’s median asset count, a figure that divides the population into upper and lower halves, is far below America’s. The “wealth effect" of fast-rising stock prices needs to be a more effective driver of broad consumption trends in India.









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