As of 2019, about 29 percent of households across India were segmented as belonging to the NCCS C category of consumers. Contrariwise only nine percent of the country's population fell under the NCCS E category that year. Between 2014 and 2019, the share of population classified as category A, B, and C consumers has grown tremendously, reflecting the trajectory of the booming middle class within the Indian economy.
Distribution of population in India from 2014 to 2019, by NCCS categorization
Note: NCCS refers to the New Consumer Classification System developed by the Market Research Society of India (MRSI) and Media Research Users Council (MRUC) to categorize households based on the level of education of the main wage earner and the number of consumer durables owned by the household.
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