K. S Sujit

Indian households are estimated to hold more than 25,000 tonnes of gold, worth well over $3 trillion at current market prices, making them among the largest private repositories of the precious metal in the world. Yet, much of this immense wealth remains economically idle, locked away in homes, bank lockers, and family vaults. The real policy question, therefore, is not how to reduce India's appetite for gold, but how to transform this dormant asset into productive national capital.

India remains one of the world's fastest growing major economies, yet continues to lag on gender parity despite years of policy attention and investment. The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 offers a sobering assessment. It measures gender parity across four dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.