The bar keeps
moving up

Hold your income still in real terms and walk it backwards. The same money made you far more exceptional a generation ago — because everyone else got richer too.

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In 2000, the same income made you

8.9× the average

Today it makes you 4.1×. Not because you got poorer — the average Indian’s real income grew 2.2× over that time, so the bar for standing out moved up.

2000
1960The same real income, as a multiple of the average Indian’s2025
Same money in 2000
₹23,315

What your income is worth in 2000 rupees, adjusted for consumer prices.

The average adult, 2000
₹11,190

Their income restated in today’s rupees, per month.

The average adult today
₹24,534

Pre-tax national income per adult, per month.

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