The government’s political calculus seems to favour the affluent and the marginalised, while largely disregarding India's middle class and its aspirations and concerns.
If a government knows how to accommodate the fat cats and has worked out how to win the votes of the poor with direct transfers, then it doesn’t need the middle class
As the discontentment mounts, the crucial question remains: what is the PM thinking? He is a shrewd politician so he must have a long-term strategy. But no one can figure out what it is.
Taxpayers with an income of over Rs 10 lakh are complaining that the middle class was largely ignored in the budget. Some fact-checking is necessary to find out if this is true.
What Modi govt got wrong with this budget and in its signalling is in moving away from its generally upbeat, ‘India is on the rise, growth will get steeper, markets are red hot’ messaging.
Analysis by nonprofit think tank PRICE projects that the middle class, defined as households earning between Rs 5 lakh to 30 lakh, will make up 61% of India’s population by 2047.
The Finance Minister said on Sunday that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but recalled that the present government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.
'Beggars' got second-highest donations at Rs 12,900 crore, says study by global research firm Kantar and Ashoka University. Donations to non-religious groups came third.
Based on characters originally created by noted cartoonist R.K. Laxman, the 13-episode show 'Wagle ki Duniya' aired on DD National from 1988-1990. A reboot of the show aired earlier this month.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Everyone remembers the middle class and the tax payer, when out of power.
No governments cater to the middle class. All indulge in competitive socialism. Freebies, subsidies, reservation, loan waivers, and corruption are the staples of governments.
Well, the assumption here is that the Middle Class feels forgotten and exploited.
To the naked eye, it seems as if the Middle Class is quite happy dancing outside mosques on Ram Navami and digging under mosques to find temples.