<P> Estimates for average household income and the size of India's middle income households vary by source . Using World Bank's definition of middle income families to be those with per capita income between $10 to $50 per day, the National Council of Applied Economic Research of India completed a survey and concluded there were 153 million people who belonged to middle income group in 2006 . In contrast, Meyer and Birdsall and Tim Light used a different survey and estimated the number of Middle - Income population to be about 70 million in 2009 - 2010 . These groups, as well as the World Bank, estimated in their 2011 reports that if India's economy continues to grow per projections, India's middle income group would double by 2015 over 2010 levels, and grow by an additional 500 million people by 2025 . This would make it, with China, the world's largest middle income market . </P> <P> Compared to other countries, income inequality in India is relatively small as measured by Gini coefficient . India had a Gini coefficient of 32.5 in the year 1999 - 2000; India's nominal Gini index rose to 36.8 in 2005, while real Gini after tax remained nearly flat at 32.6 . </P> <P> The states of India have significant disparities in their average income . Bihar was by far the poorest in India, and per capita income was low in its neighbouring states, along with Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland . The higher income states include Goa, Delhi, Haryana, Telangana, Sikkim, Punjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Kerala . </P> <P> Like in other countries, cities provide comparatively a better standard of living . </P>

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