It is two years since the first Covid lockdown was imposed and our lives will never be the same. If nothing else, then the pandemic has made many of us take a fresh look at our priorities. Unplanned medical expenditures, job losses, pay-cuts and volatility in the stock markets have all played a part in how we now visualise our financial lives.
According to a recent report by Standard Chartered, Wealth Expectancy 2021: Bridging The Confidence Gap, almost 94 per cent of the Indians who participated in the study (1,501 people in India), have set new life goals which include better health insurance, more savings, etc.