Infographics 2023

Meeting basic needs is a stretch for poor households

Rajesh Shukla

Overall, 48 percent of households in India are meeting their basic needs with some difficulty. Nearly 61 percent and 24 percent of Destitute (Annual household income is less than Rs. 1,25,000 at 2020-21 prices) households are struggling to meet their basic needs either with some difficulty or great difficulty, respectively. A much larger proportion of middle-class and Rich households can meet their needs easily compared to Aspirer and Destitute households.