NEW DELHI: India’s 100 richest people are for the first time all billionaires, according to an annual Forbes survey released on Thursday, nearly double the number from five years ago.

The country’s top earners were also worth a third more combined than last year as Indian stock markets went on a roll with the election of the new right-wing government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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