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    A shrinking middle class can cloud growth prospects

    The Pew report is yet another pointer to the rising income equality in the country and a wake-up call for the government to address lacunae that hurt the purchasing power of the masses.

    Abhijit Kumar Dutta
    March 24, 2021 / 09:31 IST
    The pandemic has driven 75 million Indians below the poverty line in 2020. [Image: Shutterstock]
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