<P> Standard of living in India varies from state to state . With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, clocked at a growth rate of 7.6% in 2015, India is on its way to becoming a large and globally important consumer economy . According to Deutsche Bank Research, there are between 30 million and 300 million middle - class people in India . If current trends continue, India's share of world GDP will significantly increase from 7.3 in 2016 to 8.5 percent of the world share by 2020 . In 2011, less than 22 percent of Indians lived under the global poverty line, nearly a 10 percent reduction from 29.8 percent just two years prior in 2009 . </P> <P> According to NCAER, India's middle class population would be 267 million in 2016 . Further ahead, by 2025 - 26 the number of middle class households in India is likely to more than double from the 2015 - 16 levels to 113.8 million households or 547 million individuals . Another estimate put the Indian middle class as numbering 475 million people by 2030 . It is estimated that average real wages will quadruple between 2013 and 2030 . </P>

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