On the occasion of Onam, I have put together some fascinating facts about Kerala: ✳️ If Kerala was a country, it would have the highest gold reserve per capita in the world ✳️ Kerala spends 27x more than the national average on purchasing gold every year ✳️ Kerala amounts for almost 20%…

We keep hearing about India’s love for gold. Data reflects that clearly. Indian households own gold worth ₹8,00,00,00,00,00,000 (80 lakhs crore) which is almost 40% of our GDP, accumulated over decades. In Comparison, RBI holds just 3% of total gold in India and our temples have over 16% which is…

Original published by me at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/why-npci-had-to-extend-upi-market-cap-deadline-by-two-years-9649961.html January 2023 was suppose to bring in a bizarre regulation (if I can call it so) to restrict popular UPI Apps to stop growing. NPCI came up with a novel idea in March 2021 to save UPI from the concentration risk. Well the reasons…

Update: Jan 2023 — I am adding a new table based on FY22 numbers

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