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What accounts for the growth and consolidation of middle classes in modern India. Elucidate.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Social Classes in India

The plural in "middle classes" is the answer's starting point: each phase of modern Indian history produced a different segment by a different mechanism. PRICE estimates that middle-class households rose from about 14% of Indians in 2004-05 to 31% in 2020-21, projected at 47% by 2030-31.

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  • The founding cause: a class made by the colonial state
  • Causes of growth after 1947
  • How the class consolidates
  • Conclusion

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