'Unfortunately...': Nithin Kamath explains why India's middle class stays broke despite earning more

Distribution of individual income tax filers shows that average income growth from all sources, including salaries, business income, earnings from deposits etc. was a modest 5.6 per cent over the decade ending FY24, barely matching inflation. Earnings from equity markets for an average earner remains low at 5 per cent despite the robust expansion.

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