StoriesData-led stories built on the same verified datasets as the tables — each one ends with the question that matters: so what?Bank creditThe lights came onIndividuals overtook companies as banks' biggest borrowers — and a third of the borrowers added since 2015 are women.External debtThe long walk back from 1991India went from spending a third of its export earnings on debt service in 1991 to just 6% today.From aid recipient to market borrowerIndia's external debt shifted from aid-style concessional loans to market-rate commercial borrowing.
StoriesData-led stories built on the same verified datasets as the tables — each one ends with the question that matters: so what?Bank creditThe lights came onIndividuals overtook companies as banks' biggest borrowers — and a third of the borrowers added since 2015 are women.External debtThe long walk back from 1991India went from spending a third of its export earnings on debt service in 1991 to just 6% today.From aid recipient to market borrowerIndia's external debt shifted from aid-style concessional loans to market-rate commercial borrowing.