A young tech founder from Bengaluru, laptop in hand, steps off a plane in Dubai’s glittering airport. The skyline sparkles with ambition, skyscrapers piercing the desert sky, a city built on dreams of wealth and freedom. She’s not here for a vacation. She’s here to rewrite her financial future. No income tax, no capital gains tax, just a blank slate to scale her SaaS startup without the weight of India’s 30% tax on global earnings dragging her down. Sounds like a dream, right

Recent discussions, like a certain viral piece floating around, have stirred debate by suggesting a ₹70 lakh annual salary in India’s metro cities barely sustains a middle-class lifestyle. For TheBrink’s readers, we cut through the noise with a data-driven exposé, revealing the real financial dynamics of urban India’s high earners.

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