The magical figure then touted was a middle-class 450-million strong that would drive growth and consumption in India. When the dust settled, everyone realized the 450-million middle class was ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Ask three economists what upper-middle class means ...

Eliza Dolittle in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion defines middle-class morality as “I have to live for others and not for myself..” India is a country with a population of 1,450 million who ...

A dedicated voter base of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, middle-class India felt cheated with no major tax breaks over the past few years and an increasing sense of unease at the generous cash ...

India's middle class is expected to grow to one billion by 2047, driven by rising incomes, urbanisation and better access to education and technology. This growth offers economic opportunities but ...

Takeaways From India's Budget That Slashes Income Tax on the Salaried Middle Class to Spur Growth NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented an annual budget ...

This radio silence is made all the more inexplicable by the fact that India’s otherwise voluble middle class is itself a major victim of this slowdown. In October, Suresh Narayanan, chairman and ...

While there is no officially defined income bracket for Indian middle class households, they are broadly estimated to account for a third of India's 1.4 billion people. They are considered a key ...

India loses ₹8 lakh crore a year in unpaid income taxes due to exemptions and tax evasion from just the middle class. PREMIUM For decades, various governments have tried to bring those outside ...

What does it mean to be “middle class” in India today? One or two generations ago, that is, in the 70s or 80s, there were no cell phones and no internet, and most certainly no AI, and so life was ...