One of the seven societies
India: Participation to Burden, Worth and Respect
The five final values
| Measure | India | Reference point |
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| Participation to Burden ratio, paid work (with home work) | 0.71 (0.85) | 1 = participation equals burden |
| Ratio of the richest 1% (its parts counted in hours of work) | −0.79 | 0 = on the brink; above 0 = inside the green boundary |
| Overall worth level, hours of NEP work a week per capable adult (set point) | 36.1 (40.8) | Above the set point (in brackets) = spare participation |
| Respect value | 0.93 | 1 = world-average preference gradient where the hours given equal the hours needed |
| VIL depth | 87% | 0% = no need rests on a resource that does not satisfy the green check |
Size of the society
| World Bank region | South Asia |
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| People in 2025 (millions) | 1,463.9 |
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| Share of the world | 17.8% |
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The ratio and its parts
| NEP share of paid hours | 0.62–0.67 |
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| All-hours ratio R (2020) | 1.11 |
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| Ratio, paid work (narrow–broad) | 0.71 (0.69–0.74) |
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| Ratio, with unpaid home work | 0.85 (0.84–0.86) |
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· All six measured values lie between 0 and 1; none reaches 1. The highest is 0.71 (India), the lowest 0.30 (United States).
The richest 1% of adults, in hours of work a year
| Final value | −0.79 |
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| Range from the tests | −0.93 to −0.56 |
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| Own work (hours) | 2,973 |
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| Others' work drawn (hours) | 24,379 |
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| Drawn beyond own work (hours) | 21,405 |
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All four groups, in hours of work
| Bottom 50% | inside |
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| Middle 40% | inside |
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| Next 9% | 0.50 |
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| Richest 1% | −0.79 |
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Other sides of the same picture
| Richest 1%: carbon, times the fair share (2019) | 17 |
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| Wealth held offshore, % of the society's yearly output (2023) | 2.0 |
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| Tax collected, % of net domestic product (2021) | 18 |
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Food grown and sent out
| Food grown ÷ need | 1.18 |
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| Sent out, share of need | 0.015 |
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| Share that feeds people | 0.91 |
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| NEP work given (+) or drawn (−), net, hours a week per capable adult | +1.1 |
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| Food counted | 1.01 |
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Overall worth level
| Worth level (hours of NEP work a week per capable adult) | 36.1 |
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| Set point (hours needed a week per capable adult) | 40.8 |
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| Capable adults below the set point | 30% |
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The worked example: A worked example: India.
The three routes
| Caring acts | 0.87 |
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| Teaching unselfishness | not surveyed |
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| Strategies | 0.79 |
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| Q | 0.83 |
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The two halves of the preference gradient
| Given directly, % of own income | 0.7 |
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| S | 1.27 |
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| Q | 0.83 |
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| PR | 1.05 |
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Respect value
| Preference gradient | 1.05 |
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| Worth level (share of the set point) | 0.88 |
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| Respect value | 0.93 |
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| All individuals | 0.95 |
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"All individuals" counts children and people aged 65 and over at the normal value of 1. Each number is rounded on its own; the respect value is worked out from the unrounded figures (e.g. India 1.050 × 0.883 = 0.927, shown as 0.93, although 1.05 × 0.88 gives 0.92). Sources: see the Sources list, Part 4.
How much of each need rests on resources failing the green check
| Food: factory nitrogen and wild fish | 36% |
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| Food: farm work by machines | 91% |
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| Food, both together | 94% |
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| Cooking and heating | 81% |
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| Electricity | 76% |
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| Transport | 99% |
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VIL depth, and what if those resources vanished
| VIL depth (range) | 87% (86–88%) |
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| Production adequacy now → if they vanished (with pumping) | 0.89 → 0.70 (0.59) |
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| Set point, hours needed a week per capable adult: now → if they vanished (food and electricity cut + farm machine work by hand = together, range) (with pumping) | 40.8 → 51.7 + 66.9 = 118.6 (104.3–133.3) (128.5) |
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| Worth level, hours given a week | 36.1 |
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A worked example: India.
The ratio beside the needs reaching the people
| Ratio, paid work (Part 1) | 0.71 |
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| Share of the basic needs reaching the people (Part 3) | 0.85 |
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