Higher inflation and increasing interest rates have forced middle class consumers to cut back their spending on shopping, amusement and eating out by nearly 55 per cent in the last one year, according to a survey by an industry lobby. Rising inflation that has already hit a 13-year high at 11.98 per cent has pinched the middle class most.
Senior psychologist Dr Madhumati Singh will answer your questions.
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Bush blames the Indian middle class for price rise worldwide.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-politicians-tell-bush-to-back-off/64500-3.html
Bush follows Rice, says prosperity results in demand for better food.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/new-india-pushing-food-prices-bush-suggests/64459-2.html
The Masstige bandwagon targeting the sweet spot between mass and class – that's the new middle class.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masstige-is-new-marketing-buzzword/40780-7.html
UP politicians are spending time and money to woo voters, but the urban middle class is losing interest in polls.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/up-middle-class-uninterested-in-polls/39710-3.html
While Mumbai may have come out in huge numbers to cast its votes, nationwide figures show a pathetic trend.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/qotd-do-indian-elite-care-for-polls/32597-4.html
The great Indian middle class is that section of society which has to be admired for its spirit and enterprise.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-middle-class-happy-with-economic-progress/32178-3.html
20.2 pc of India's population forms the middle class. 77 pc of the middle class carry cell phones, 32 pc have credit cards.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sotn-finale-middleclass-rising/32172-3.html
Would you define the middle-class in terms of income, aspiration or values? Is it's character changing now?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/many-faces-of-the-middleclass/32037-3.html
RWAs were rechristened empowerment tools when they forced the govt to roll back a 10 pc electricity tariff hike.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rwas-are-tools-of-empowerment/31956-3.html
The middle-class has been known for having little appetite for taking risks, but not a 73-yr-old in Chennai.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/this-73yrold-is-largest-pil-filer/31852-3.html
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