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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The middle class

by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
In India, 'middle class' can be a dangerously deceptive term. It means several things to several people. For example, it can mean households that possess items like (a) TV, (b) computer/laptop, (c) car/scooter and (d) telephone/mobile. But, according to figures computed from the 2011 census data, the owners of all the four assets, at 4.6 per cent, are horribly shrunken in size. If one is less picky, the figure can be