Our household savings are moving towards normalcy - Prof. Vidya Mahambare writes for LiveMint

The article highlights that Indian household savings in risky instruments such as MFs and equity stocks have risen over the last decade, driven by low returns on bank deposits and rising stock market indices. Despite a surge in demat accounts since the pandemic, enabling people to hold securities in digital form and trade shares in the share market, the risky investments of households remain lower than their peak in 2016-17.