India's super rich criticised for not doing enough amid Covid-19 pandemic


People wait to refill medical oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 coronavirus patients at a private refill centre in New Delhi on May 7, 2021. - AFP

NEW DELHI (The Straits Times/ANN): In a country home to the world's third-highest number of billionaires, questions have mounted over the lack of contribution from its uber rich to support India's fight against a crippling second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unlike in the first wave, when several among India's super rich contributed generously, their role during the ongoing second wave has mostly been symbolic or focused on measures such as boosting oxygen supply.

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