{"id":169968,"date":"2025-02-27T19:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=169968"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:13:36","slug":"over-1b-people-in-india-lack-spending-power-for-anything-beyond-basic-necessities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/27\/over-1b-people-in-india-lack-spending-power-for-anything-beyond-basic-necessities.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Over 1b people in India lack spending power for anything beyond basic necessities&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169971 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-27-190855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"379\" \/>Islamabad: India\u2019s market is a false promise as over one billion people lack spending power for anything beyond basic necessities, making it an unreliable market for broad-based growth.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, India\u2019s 300 million aspirant consumers are hesitant spenders, showing the middle class is still in its infancy.<\/p>\n<p>India is deeply unequal, with 10% of the population holding over half the income leading to social instability and limits broad-based growth.<\/p>\n<p>India is obsessed with luxury, focusing on premium goods creates a fragile economy, sidelining the majority who cannot afford such products.<\/p>\n<p>With luxury housing dominating the market and affordable housing shrinking, India faces an increasing housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s post-pandemic recovery is K-shaped, with the rich getting richer and the poor losing purchasing power, showing the uneven nature of the country\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian middle class has been decimated by stagnant wages and inflation. 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