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According to a report by the Rediffusion Consumer Lab, India's middle class, defined as households earning between ₹5 lakh and ₹30 lakh annually (roughly $6,000 to $36,000), made up 31 percent of the population in 2025.
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Currently, the intensive training for each MTE costs around 2 lakh rupees — about $2,500.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
To cover the cost of travel to Russia, Moun’s brother sold the family’s one-acre land for 11.5 lakh rupees, or nearly $14,000.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
In the next 3 years our film industry will grow to $100 billion dollars, providing employment to lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of people.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
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Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Currently, the intensive training for each MTE costs around 2 lakh rupees — about $2,500.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
To cover the cost of travel to Russia, Moun’s brother sold the family’s one-acre land for 11.5 lakh rupees, or nearly $14,000.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
In the next 3 years our film industry will grow to $100 billion dollars, providing employment to lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of people.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
See All Example Sentences for lakh
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“Lakh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lakh. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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