“I Splurge What’s Left”: Why India’s Youth Are Choosing Debt Over Savings (opens in new tab)

The greatest number of loans taken by young Indians is not for education or business\. It is for travelling\. India’s young consumers are driving a credit boom—fuelled by easy loans, buy-now-pay-later schemes, and a surge in credit card adoption\. As the largest group of new borrowers, they are financing lifestyles on future income, even as default rates quietly rise\. Insight explores how aspiration, social pressure, and digital finance collide, leading to a generation in debt\. The mounting...