🇮🇳Indian households hold ~35,000 tonnes of #gold
💰 Worth ~$5 Trillion bigger than India’s GDP (~$4.1T)
That’s ₹500 lakh crore quietly sitting with families.
No debt crisis. No leverage. Just a massive wealth buffer.
📊 Fun contrast:
India’s private gold stash is ~4× larger than the US Federal Reserve’s gold reserves.
But here’s the catch 👇
⚠️ 90% of this wealth is “dead capital.”
#Gold in lockers:
• Doesn’t fund businesses
• Doesn’t build infrastructure
• Doesn’t create jobs
It protects.
But it doesn’t compound.
India isn’t poor.
India is over-insured and under-financialized.
The real opportunity?
Turning safety into productivity