The war on Iran could push 2.5 million Indians below the poverty line, according to a new United Nations report, as rising energy and food costs squeeze household budgets.
Millions of households are facing severe shortages of cooking gas—a key import—whilst the cost of vegetables, water, electricity and medicine has doubled in recent months.
Earlier this month, thousands of factory workers rioted over the rising cost of living, forcing the government to raise wages at a time when the war has already stretched finances to breaking point.
Al Jazeera's Neha Poonia reports from Uttar Pradesh in northern India.
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