
Credit-driven expenditure grew during the pandemic but moving to an over-leveraged position can be against the interest of individual and collective

During the same period the household debt in rural areas increased by 84% and in urban areas by 42%, the SBI data showed

The state-wise trend indicates that the rural households’ average debt more than doubled in 18 states for the 6 year period ended 2018

Two visible trends in Q3FY21 are swelling household debt and an increasing appetite for mutual fund investments, as per the RBI preliminary estimates

The household savings plunged as the pandemic has led to tens of millions losing jobs and almost all forced to take deep pay-cuts, forcing them to bor