Former PM Manmohan Singh has said that rising inequality was a concern and the country cannot allow extreme poverty or economic disparity as it is a welfare state. The ex-PM said India was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world today, but the high rate of economic growth had also been associated with rising inequality, including economic, social, regional and rural-urban inequalities.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rising-inequality-is-a-concern-manmohan-singh/articleshow/69932157.cms