Insurance is an important financial savings product in India. Household financial savings data shows that insurance funds contributed 1.9% of the Gross National Disposable Income (GNDI) in India in 2017-18, making it the third largest component of household financial savings after bank deposits and provident and pension funds, according to RBI Annual Report 2017-18. On a relative basis, shares and debentures (which also includes mutual funds) contributed 0.9% of GNDI in 2017-2018.