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According to the recent data of Reserve Bank of India, India's net domestic savings have reached their lowest level in 47 years.
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- Reduction in Savings: Savings will reduce GDP in financial year 2023 (GDP) increased to 5.3%, which was 7.3% in the year 2022.
- Increase in household credit: There has also been a sharp increase in domestic debt during the same period.
- Annual borrowing 5.8% of GDP That is, the second highest level since the 1970s.
- A significant portion of India's growing domestic debt non-mortgage loans Made from. More than half of these loans include agricultural and commercial loans.
- Debt Service Ratio: Indian families The debt service ratio is around 12%, similar to the Nordic countries.
- this ratio More than China, France, UK and America, Household debt levels are high in all of them.
- This difference is due to higher interest rates and shorter loan tenure in India, resulting in a relatively higher DSR despite a lower debt-to-income ratio.
- DSR is that part of the incomewhich is used to repay the loan.
What is Household Net Savings?
- Household Net Savings: household net savings is the total wealth and investments that households have, As Deposits, Stocks and Bonuses, Loans and Credit Like minus any money they owe you.
- Reasons behind reduction in savings: As households become more dependent on borrowing to maintain consumption, their savings naturally decline.
- With increasing borrowing, A large portion of their income is allocated towards loan repayment, resulting in reduced savings.
- However, in situations like credit cards, consumer goods, weddings and health emergencies, Borrowing for consumption purposes is less than 20% of total household debt, it Represents the fastest growing segment.
- Change from 'Credit Widening' to 'Credit Deepening': The primary driver of household credit growth in the last decade''Credit Widening' instead of 'Credit Deepening' Used to be.
- 'Credit Extension' The opposite of credit intensification is characterized by expansion in the number of borrowers, which involves each borrower taking out larger loans.
- Compared to individual borrowers taking larger loan amounts Increasing the number of borrowers is considered more favourable.