Note: All numbers are in nominal terms not adjusted for inflation.

Middle-class families are caught in a zone where they're ineligible for public welfare — but priced out of private systems too ...

This means people can afford much less today than ... The hidden debt accumulation and its explosion currently gripping India’s lower-middle class – households earning between Rs 1.25 lakh ...

A market expert noted that nearly 75% of luxury spending today comes from the middle class, not due to rising incomes, but because of social media, marketing tricks, and peer pressure that fuel the ...

The job construct that built India's middle class is no longer sustainable." Mr Mukherjea added that hardworking people are expected to be replaced by automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

The job construct that built India’s middle class is no longer sustainable ... obsessed with stability and salaries, which define people and success through paychecks.

“It allows people to take on a ton of debt almost ... could be solved quickly and in unison.” Until then, India’s middle class remains caught in a cycle of aspiration-fueled borrowing ...

Hilton is making a big play in India, with plans to grow its presence in the country by 10 times over the next 10 years.

According to WHO, India accounted for the highest share of global tuberculosis cases in 2023—26%. However, the country has a ...

That creates a lot of anxiety and people feel they’re paying too ... It would be a great market to enter because India has a big middle class, which we would want to tap in, and that is the ...

“Middle-class Indians are value-driven ... So a Rs 3,000 dinner with friends once a month is something that more and more people are seeing as part of their lives,” highlights Gayatri Sapru ...