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Research Unit for Political Economy
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India’s middle class is almost impossible to define
There is no accepted definition of middle class status in terms of an income range. Different countries have their own, very different, poverty lines, and they are fiercely contested.
Research Unit for Political Economy
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India’s middle class is actually the world’s poor
India’s middle class lives barely or not far above India’s poverty line, and below international poverty lines.
Research Unit for Political Economy