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Indian muddle class: Reforms produced a large middle class. But it hasn't played an emancipatory role

Indian muddle class: Reforms produced a large middle class. But it hasn’t played an emancipatory role July 22, 2021, 9:11 PM IST The writer is Starr Foundation South Asia Studies Professor and Asia Programs Director at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University One of the consequences of economic liberalisation was a major change in the size and composition of India’s middle class. Earlier it was largely a creature of the state, comprising mostly government employees. But with government employment basically stagnant since then, expansion of the private sector has been the primary driver underlying its growth. And the vast majority of the lower-middle class are the first generation of their family to belong to this group, having ridden the escalator of economic growth. But many are sliding back, the victims of India’s economic crisis.

View: Reforms produced a large middle class. But it hasn't played an emancipatory role

View: Reforms produced a large middle class. But it hasn’t played an emancipatory role SECTIONS View: Reforms produced a large middle class. But it hasn’t played an emancipatory roleBy Devesh Kapur, TOI Contributor Last Updated: Jul 23, 2021, 10:20 AM IST Share Synopsis The growth of a middle class was expected to play a transformative role in propelling the economy on the one hand and modernising Indian society and politics on the other. The former would be achieved by its consumption potential that would drive domestic demand and the latter by pressuring the polity to address corruption and transcend identity politics. That this has occurred more in the breach is self-evident. Why has that been the case?

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