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Greatly Expanding Indian Middle Class

Millions are knocking on the doors to join this richie-rich bandwagon and they are spread all over the country. RICE’s report ‘The Rise of India’s Middle Class’ captures this unprecedented rise of wealth and offers pointers for the future.

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Middle Goes To Top

A stronger and more secure middle class is crucial for continuing India’s upward trajectory. A massive shift towards a middle-class society is already happening in India.

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How India lives, thinks, earns and spends

An overwhelming majority, 87%, of people living in metros belong to the top two quintiles of India’s income pyramid but even the richest among them consider themselves ‘middle-class’, says ICE survey

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Indian households’ healthcare woes

The low penetration of health insurance and high health costs expose Indian households, especially those at the bottom of the pyramid, to severe financial shocks, according to fresh...

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Asking the right questions

Just as non-cash shouldn’t mandatorily be imposed, neither should cash. Why has this not figured on a reform agenda between 2004 and 2014, or much earlier?...

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Let the numbers speak

The discussion on the fall in employment after the November 8 demonetisation relies on anecdotal evidence. It is not backed by data...

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Looking at both sides of coin

For measuring the material well-being of bottom of the pyramid households, we need to follow an approach that takes into consideration both their income & expenditure...

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Bridging the connectivity gap

While the government has announced a number of big impact schemes, the focus should now be on creating linkages between various departments and roping in stakeholders with different types of expertise...