Woman calls ₹1–2 lakh monthly income in tier-1 cities a ‘salary trap’: ‘Not enough to feel financial freedom’

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Earning between ₹1 lakh and ₹2 lakh a month may appear to offer a comfortable lifestyle, but a woman has argued that the reality can be quite different for people living in India’s tier-1 cities. In a video shared on Instagram, she spoke about what she described as the “ ₹1 to ₹2 lakh salary trap”, saying people in this income bracket often find themselves caught between rising aspirations and the high cost of urban living.A woman explained why earning ₹1–2 lakh a month in tier-1 cities still left many feeling financially stuck. (Instagram/nidhi_kushwaa)(Also read:

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