Emerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing for much-needed gains in poverty reduction and life expectancy. The crisis now puts much of that progress at risk while further widening the gap between rich and poor. Despite the pre-pandemic gains in poverty reduction and lifespans, many of these countries have struggled to reduce income inequality. At the same time, they saw persistently high shares of inactive youth (i.e., those not in employment, education, or training), wide inequality in education, and large gaps remaining in economic opportunities for women. COVID-19 is expected to make inequality even worse than past crises since measures to contain the pandemic have had disproportionate effects on vulnerable workers and women. Based on the above mentioned text briefly answer the following questions (draw figures wherever required): I. What is the basic measurement of income inequality? II. What are the possible negative consequences of the rise in income inequality on an emerging economy like India ? III. Does some social democracies in World support Kuznets hypothesis of Income inequality ?