India remains on course to be the fastest growing major economy in this fiscal year that started April 1. However, the widening chasm in demand for luxury items and other basic consumer goods amid elevated inflation and high unemployment rate indicate the surge in inequality. The basic necessities of food, clothes and shelter are seeing a spike in prices and becoming difficult for the economically weaker section of the society to afford. This is at a time when luxury cars and houses are selling like hot cakes.