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Richie Rich or Peter the Pauper? This calculator tells you where you stand

This Business Standard tool, created on the basis of tax data, allows you to figure out how many people in India make more money than you, and how many make less

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Sachin P MampattaSameer Mulgaonkar
You've got an annual pay pack of a million rupees. Depending on how extravagant or frugal you are, the amount could be just what the doctor ordered, at one end of the spectrum, or a pittance at the other.

But wait a bit. Don't you want to find out how many of your fellow citizens are better off, or worse, than you?

The government recently released income tax statistics for the financial year 2016-17 (FY17).  Business Standard has created a calculator based on this data which allows you to figure out how many people make more money than you, and