RajeshwariAIR 2 · CSE 2025 · 156 wordsTheir whole copy
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Middle class is the group of people who attained development with socio economic changes in modern India. They form class generally between the high/upperclass and lowerclass in hierarchy. Their structure undergoes changes & differentiation in India.
Changes taking place in middle class structure in India:
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→ Initially, during British times, they were industrial middle class, professional middle class, supervisory middleclass according to B.B. Mishra. → They were relatively homogeneous and acted as initiator of changes as they involved in INC formation.
→ Post Independence, with modernisation and urbanisation, middle class groups became heterogenous in nature.
→ Post LPG times, change in middle class structure is tremendous. They include various strata such as elite and common strata within middle class stated by Sathish Dube.
→ Today, middle class structure consist of multiple caste (caste neutral), various sectors of work. Feminisation of middle class also happened.
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Hence, middle class structure is dynamic and ever evolving in Indian society.