Inequality is pertinent to every economy, be it a developed or developing economy. As Warren Buffet once said, “There is class warfare, all right, but it is my class, the rich class, that is making war, and we are winning”. Inequality is undoubtedly multi-dimensional; they are structured around class, gender, race and ultimately are a genesis of social diversion and conflict (Economic Survey, 2021). Health inequality magnifies socioeconomic inequality. The global pandemic made us realise that we lack proper healthcare infrastructure to cope with a major health crisis and have failed to provide health care services to economically backward communities. They get infected and cannot afford the proper prescribed treatment in hospitals (Dutta & Sardar, 2021). Poor healthcare infrastructure leads to shedding light on the fact that an individual’s health status is subject to the socioeconomic position it holds in society. Graph 1 Several studies have shown that the popula...
