Comment by S Dutta: Which "India" is he talking about ? Somewhere in Latin America ?
All available data shows "per capita income" of India was around 135,000--149,000 py in 2019-2020. That's also supported by outside estimates of about $1950/per capita per annum.
Did COVID push that up to INR 203,500 by some Modi magic !
And -- "Bottom 50%" of Indians are 700 million, not 600 million !
And - bottom 50% has average income of 4,500 pm means what ? Per capita or per family ? If it's per capita, as indicated, survival won't be this stressed.
https://wid.world/country/india/
India amongst the most unequal countries in the world, says report https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-amongst-the-most-unequal-countries-in-the-world-report/articleshow/88141807.cms