I am not so sure about the validity of that graph. Even a quick google search search provides <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;calculator.cms" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;timesofindia.indiatimes.com&#x2F;calculator.cms</a> which is also from 2011. 8500 dollars (the cutoff for the bottom 5% of the US according to <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;15&#x2F;business&#x2F;one-percent-map.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;15&#x2F;business&#x2F;one-p...</a>) a year gives a person in the top 16% of India. But this is without any adjustment whatsoever. And I checked, the calculator is in terms of USD not INR according to the survey it comes from. The other argument to consider is how much India&#x27;s top ventile has increased by compared to the bottom ventile of the US since 2011. Just by economic growth numbers it would have relatively increased. If you can provide what your article&#x27;s base income numbers were and how they adjusted them to get the graph, it would be much more convincing.