IS INDIA MOVING TO FINANCIAL ASSETS? How India saves? Wealth concentrated in Gold, physical assets. How to change Investment behaviour? Low inflation alone cannot bring change. Must improve provision of unsecured credit. Market rally despite FII sell-off For the calendar year 2019, Rs.78,000 Crore came into Mutual Funds. This flow into MFs is just a chip of an iceberg Expectation is that if inflation is kept low, then large part of this household wealth will move to financial assets? Inflation alone cannot bring change. Fascination for Gold, Real-estate is multifaceted. Some are inflation motivated, deep-rooted cultural factors drive gold holdings, matri-lineal transfer of wealth within families, and Gold is collateral for low-income households, tax evasion. How does India save? Traditional savings patterns are simultaneous investment in Housings and lack of savings in Pensions for traditional joint families. But things are changing with nucl...