Missing Middle is that large part of our population—about 56 crore individuals—who are not protected by any type of health cover. This insurance gap has to be plugged to protect the Missing Middle from financial shocks...
Household savings can be attracted by incentivising retirement savings and debt investments as well as unlocking annuity options.
Budgeting for children by the Union Government had started as early as 2008 with the publication of the first-ever Child Budget Statement.
This is a big price differential in gold between global and Indian prices, which makes it difficult to channelise the hoard of India’s gold savings into circulation.
Apart from capex in core infrastructure sectors such as roads, highways and railways, logistics could be a key focus area, apart from a push to affordable and rental housing.