Are You Actually India’s Middle Class? | See What The Data Says

Do you count yourself amongst India’s middle class? Every other person in India identifies themselves as part of the middle class. But that couldn't be further from the truth. According to data, 95% of India still qualifies as poor or low-income. Where does this leave India’s middle class? Find out in this video!

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[rahusphere]

If Nirmala Sitaraman is middle class then I must be Brad Pitt.

[vedantdinkar]

Came here thinking I was middle-class.
Found out I'm lower-class. 🙂

[justanotherperson]

In India, the term middle class is used as a shield to pose innocently in front of commoners!

[aswinkrishna]

Bro had 7 minutes and didn't even define what middle class is

[devilhex]

Hm, 700 to 1500 rupees per day. Meaning 21k to 45k monthly income. For a family of 4, it would mean that a monthly income of 84k to 180k would classify as middle class. No wonder the % is so low... Most families will stay in low-income until their children begin earning. And if their children get good jobs, then they could skip the middle inccome and directly enter upper-middle income.

I guess, in Indian context, low-middle, middle and upper-middle income categories are all considered as middle class.

[rajendervallapureddy]

In India there are farmers who make crores or more than 20 lakhs per annum but still hold bpl cards and pay no taxes.

[LEGEND-epip]

I'm from poor class, my family can't even afford daily necessary food and it's so sad. Being the oldest brother stuck between dream and necessity, life is hell. Still Never give up no matter what

[bloodthirstyworks]

Well almost all these studies are false to a large extent especially when about India. A large part of the economy is still informal and so the actual money earned by a LOT of people are misrepresented. I knew a chai walla in Pune who lived his life like a low income individual ( small house where he and his 3 employees slept) but he was earning around 3 to 4 lakhs per month. He has 3 daughters two of whom became doctors and he managed to send all of them abroad for studies. He still lives very modestly but earns a ton of money. There are lakhs of such people in India.

[jAyAntswAmi]

$2 in US is very different from $2 in India.

[Sameer-erwz]

Instead of considering adult income, they should use family income to determine size of middle class.

[ndgprasad]

I will say living with 700 rupees per day in a village is definitely above middle class.

[arvindm]

Most of Indian wealth is hidden in real estate and gold...how many bungalows you see even in small towns .

[soubhikdutta]

Please start giving more importance to assets and household income. Also, more reports can be made based on expenses rather than income. India might not have many high-earning individuals in white-collar sectors it has a lot of small business owners who earn a lot. The real estate market and land ownership should also be explored.

[anubhavpanda]

The sabjiwala near my home would be considered a poor or low income person but his daily profit is 1-1.5k MINIMUM.
No reaserch can tell you how much money a lot of indians have in reality.

[djamg]

I wish the Income Tax portal had an option to Identify myself as middle class and not pay taxes

[KejriwalBhakt]

I believe the studies in Indian context is usually out of place. Unless we don't have a formal and set metrics to study's large informal sector of India, we will tend to ignore a major chunk of Indian population.
I am from Patna. It's a tier 2 city. I went to my hometown after 3 years. I saw changes. News malls coming up. Food joints are jam packed.
There's a area called yogipur in Patna. It has slums.
But it's just on paper.
It houses the "sabziwalas" who ser up their shops in Hanuman nagar of Patna.
Most of thr sabziwala have land or a house in Patna. And having a land or house is no joke in Patna.
Another indicator is growing crowd in aviation sector.
The Patna airport is more congested than ever before.

[mnava]

You said what I had in mind for so many years. I applied at U of Maryland at College Park for my MBA, got Graduate Assistantship. I could not apply at Harvard or Wharton because they don't provide 100% funding. I didn't have money to buy plane ticket. Even that was paid for by Kachua Agarbatti owner's donation. I find it annoying when Indra Nooyi and Sundar Pichai call themselves poor. Poor people can't even think of applying at Wharton and Yale. This is because even if you get GA, you still have to fork out thousands of dollars.

[asresalim]

Very good. Most of the people who think they're middle class are actually lower-middle class. Most of the population in our country is Lower-Middle Class.

I think people who have a car, or can purchase a car and can maintain it without much difficulty should only be called Middle Class

[raviprabhu]

What in China called poor class, In India it is middle class !!! It is not Quantity, it is quality matters .

[MrDgrt]

These studies don’t work in India as almost 90% of micro to small businesses file itr so low that they don’t fall in the tax bracket. Even if their income is far above the tax bracket they just don’t want to pay taxes. Also most tier-2 and 3 cities have cash driven businesses so it becomes easier.