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Gold at ₹1.2 lakh, households sit on a $2 trillion vault

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Gold's run past ₹1.2 lakh per 10 grams means Indian households now hold an estimated $2 trillion in the metal, more than the market cap of the entire Nifty 50. Economists call it dead capital; families call it insurance that has never once defaulted. Monetisation schemes keep failing to bridge that trust gap.

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