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2021

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According to the New World Bank country classifications by income level 2020-2021, what is the status of India?
A
Lower-Middle-Income Country
B
Lower Income Country
C
Higher Income Country
D
Developing Country
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In its latest classification, the World Bank has classified India as a lower-middle-income country.

Detailed explanation-2: -India is currently what the World Bank describes as a lower middle income country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The World Bank assigns the world’s economies to four income classifications: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -As per the latest World Inequality Report 2022, India is a “poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite, ” where 57 percent of the national income is held by top 10 percent, while the share of the bottom 50 percent is merely 13 percent in 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -India, the world’s sixth largest economy with a GDP of USD 2.7 trillion, is currently classified as a developing nation. “Even if you have relatively conservative real rates of growth of 7-7.5 per cent, we will get to a per capita income of about USD 10, 000.

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