A survey showed that more Indians are becoming less hopeful about their quality of life as stagnant wages and higher living costs cloud future prospects, in disappointing news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of this week’s annual budget.
More than 37 per cent of respondents in a pre-budget survey said they expect the overall quality of life for ordinary people to deteriorate over the next year, the highest such percentage since 2013, findings released by polling agency C-Voter showed on Wednesday.