NEW DELHI: India produced 179 more super-rich people this year led by Adani Group's Gautam Adani who accumulated an enormous wealth of Rs 3,65,700 crore or more than Rs 1,000 crore daily, and the number of such individuals has crossed the 1,000-mark.

Geographically, five more cities are home to super-rich taking the total number of super-rich cities to 119 and these 1,007 individuals cumulatively added 51 percent more wealth in 2021. The average wealth increased by 25 percent this year that also saw the livelihoods of thousands of people being hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Hurun India-IIFL Wealth rich list, there are 1,007 people - 13 of them with more than Rs 1 lakh crore of wealth - in the country with over Rs 1,000 crore wealth.

The tenth Hurun India rich list has Mukesh  Ambani topping it for the 10th year in a row with Rs 7.18 trillion wealth - only 9 percent up over 2020 -followed by the Adani family with Rs 5.05 trillion, up 261 percent from Rs 1.40 trillion, making him also the second richest Asian, earning Rs 1,000 crore a day over the last year or Rs 3.65 trillion crore in the year.

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