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Over the next two months, The Hindu will release the findings of a new survey on the aspirations and anxieties of ordinary Indians. The survey is the latest round of a multi-year panel study ...
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 ...
Wondering where is the next billion opportunity for India's travel industry? Meet the rising middle class with increased disposable incomes. In this episode of the Skift India Podcast Aloke Bajpai ...
Ask three economists what upper-middle class means in India and you will get at least four answers. The label is slippery because income surveys, tax returns and global poverty lines all slice the ...
Middle Class India: Driving Change in the 21st Century (Aleph), are in the affirmative. What is most remarkable about this exercise though is that these people come from different economic ...
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 ...
The heterogenous and diverse middle class in India, classified by different occupations, education and income levels, has significantly expanded since the 2000s. It now represents a sizeable consumer ...
India’s rising middle class and higher disposable income have boosted spending on discretionary services, while the growing lower middle class has bolstered domestic travel, said Rajesh Magow ...
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 ...
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 ...