Indian Rupee Falls Against US Dollar: Impact on Indian Economy in 2026
Welcome to all of you on Bindaas bol dil se. Discussion about rupee, rupee is not able to stand against dollar So badly battered that every day is reaching a new milestone If you go to buy one dollar in rupees, now you will get it for 96 rupees. That means the dollar has stood very strongly against the rupee.
If we talk about today's rate, then this one dollar has been bought for 96.90 rupees. If we talk about today's rate, then this one dollar has been bought for 96.90 rupees. American is the currency of a country whose name is America. Rupee is the currency of a country whose name is India. Why did India's currency become so helpless in front of America's currency? Indians around the world Did this happen with currency only or is this happening with other currencies around the world? We will also know in today's session.
We will also know what are the main reasons behind the strengthening of the dollar and the decline in the rupee. And why does the Reserve Bank of India not do anything because it is ultimately the responsibility of any central bank? That they control inflation, maintain the circulation of rupee, regulate foreign exchange reserves, then is RBI failing? Let us discuss all the things one by one. One dollar could be bought for 69 rupees. Today it is being sold for 96 rupees. The dollar has continuously strengthened. The rupee has continuously fallen. Is India's economy continuously falling in front of America?
Let's try to understand, first know the update that in the year 2026, where 1 dollar was getting 89 rupees, today it will get 6-7 percent weakness but it will stop in 2026. In such a situation where the dollar has fallen so badly, if we talk about the dollar bank in India, if we talk about the foreign currency bank, then you will have to see those figures too. Our dollar is compared to our rupee. You will ask how our dollar came to be. Actually, you have it with you. Why do you have to keep dollars? Because if you have to do business with the world, you have to do it in dollars only. Which business should you buy something like oil? Let me put a figure in front of you. When India imports crude oil, it buys oil worth 174 billion dollars. Sir, oil can be bought in any currency. Why not buy it in rupees? Why not buy it in the currency of that country? America had once made a petro dollar agreement with OPEC countries that you will sell oil but you will get it in dollars.
If we have to take payment then what should we do? We have rupees but we have to buy dollars from the market. It is necessary to buy dollars from the market first, to buy oil, then it is a matter of buying dollars first and after buying dollars, when you keep it with you, you will say in which dollar do you buy it. The big question is, if you want to buy dollars in rupees, then what will the other person do with your rupees? So sir, you first buy dollars in gold or buy gold with rupees and then buy dollars with gold. Overall, the first task is to buy dollars, then buy dollars and make payment with it, then ultimately.
The demand for dollars starts increasing in the world. When oil becomes expensive, the demand for dollars automatically starts becoming expensive. If you wanted to buy oil, the road is closed, oil will be expensive, how much will the oil cost, sir said, it is so many dollars. Like 110 dollars per barrel earlier short dollar per barrel now 110 dollars per barrel said 60 dollars per barrel, now 110 dollars per barrel, said what to do with this increase, said this is the increase, now you will have to bring more dollars to me, so now if you bring more dollars to them, then you will have to buy more dollars, so you go out to buy dollars to fulfill your needs, and the market As the demand for the dollar increases, the dollar stands strong, I will show you the figures, you buy crude oil worth 114 billion dollars, electronic goods worth 116 billion dollars, gold worth 72 billion dollars, machinery worth 62 billion dollars, and other metals worth 29 billion dollars, this is approximately 450 billion dollars, what is the foreign exchange reserves with India, 690 billion to 450 billion. billion dollar is your annual budget, i.e.
If the foreign exchange reserves are imports are not happening, If we make money by selling goods You are earning, whatever we have People who have gone out of India, You are not sending it to us after earning it. If India sells services If by selling services If you are not earning dollars, then our When will this reserves get shaken, if you look at China, it is standing at number one, if it is not earning dollars by buying foreign currency, then how long will our reserves get shaken.
If you look at China, it is number one But standing in terms of foreign exchange reserves A question will come to your mind here If America's name should be there then it should be America's name. The world has its own currency No matter what the crisis, the currency dollar shines. Because he has decided that you will get the dollar If you want to buy and sell in dollars, then there is no problem for him, all the money is his own, brother, in such a situation, today China is sitting with dollars with quarter to four trillion dollars, due to which it is progressing safely. India is standing with 690 billion dollars, of which 450 billion dollars is the main item in which we have to make payments, there are payments for the needs, there is no talk of trade, we are talking about the needs. So in such a situation, when the demand for dollar increases, then the dollar stands firmly in front of the rupee, and this is the reason why gold also appears expensive to us, by exchanging the commodity, the commodity makes us buy gold, along with gold, then we buy dollars, then it is a vicious cycle, and if we notice this cycle, between 2014 and 26, it was worth 69 rupees in 14, today with a fall of 64%. Filler is visible, if we notice the economists, then between 2014 and 26, it was Rs 69 in 14. Today, filly is visible with a fall of 64%. If we listen to the economists, then the effect is such that if the dollar continues to fall in this manner, then our import bill is due to fill. Our trade deficit has started increasing, meaning our expenditure on oil has increased by about 38 billion dollars in the last 3 months or we can say that we have By spending too much, trade deficit has been created.
Why, because goods became expensive in the world, Traveling on the road has become expensive. The vehicles that are coming, the ships that are coming to India with goods, their oil has become expensive, due to the inflation of oil the entire system has gone haywire. And its effect is in front of you, आज जब विदेशी मुद्रा बंडार की बात करते हैं तो वो तीन महीने के अंदर 38 बिलियन डॉलर हमारा विदेशी मुद्रा बंडार घटा है यहाँ पर आपको मैं का आकड़ा दिखाओं तो अकेले मैं 8 बिलियन डॉलर का विदेशी मुद्रा बंडार घटा है बात करी जाए विदेशी मतलब विशेशग्यों की तो विशेशग्यों का यह मानना है कि यह गिर करके हो सकता है 100 रुपए तक भी चला जाए और यह 100 रुपए तक का इस तर पहुँचना कोई बहुत बड़ी करांतिकारी खबर नहीं This news will remain even if it reaches here and this Rs 100 reaching this direction will not be a big revolutionary news.
It will be considered in the expected news that this was bound to happen, now a big question arises that sir, if this Recently, the rupee has been falling, so what difference does it make to us? For us, it was the same. See, the foreign exchange reserves are getting reduced everywhere. This simply means that you have reduced your foreign reserves, which was necessary for you from the security point of view. It is only the foreign exchange reserves that enable you to buy goods from the world. If you do not have foreign exchange reserves, then you will not be able to import the things which are needed today, like today we talk about oil, then the foreign exchange we need to buy oil is this. It is determined by the foreign exchange reserves. If we are not able to buy oil, then the demand is at the same place. If the supply of oil will not be there, then the oil prices will increase, which is seen happening. The increase in oil prices increases inflation, so overall the foreign exchange reserves come to you in the form of inflation. When inflation starts increasing, due to increase in inflation, you start avoiding buying essential goods. When you do not buy essential goods, the goods manufacturer starts avoiding making goods. When he starts saving, he reduces the production. When the production decreases, an employment crisis arises because people are fired from the job that when the goods are no longer being made and are not being sold, then why should I hire you? From there, people are fired from employment. On one hand, employment crisis arises, on the other hand, inflation is hitting, demand is ending, employment crisis is happening, production is decreasing, inflation and this vicious cycle is created, which leads to an overall recession.
This means that the value of the dollar is continuously increasing and the rupee is falling, this is not just news. If this news continues to have the same intensity. And if the foreign exchange reserves continue to decline at this rate, then there may be a sound of an economic crisis for India. We have said such things to you multiple times.
Former RBI Governor D Subba Rao also said these things in this manner. There are many reasons for the decline in rupee He even explained the reason and said That the foreign investor is not able to see hope in India India is not seeing this market rising. There are many reasons behind it Out of that, technology itself is becoming a big reason that in India Innovation centric growth has not been seen the way the promising markets of the world have seen some markets like semiconductors and others.
Made AI as its theme, that innovation led growth was not seen in India, due to which investors have continued to leave and when When the investors went, they took with them the foreign exchange reserves in large numbers because the foreign institutional investors i.e. FIIs who come to us are starting to withdraw money from the FII market. In their outgoing money, dollars are going along with them, so how did many of our currencies become due to which the demand for dollars is getting eroded. Due to this, the rupee is facing problems. Due to this, the result is increase in oil prices, increase in the prices of essential goods, fear of inflation, cost of education in foreign countries, cost of electronic goods. All these things happen due to them becoming expensive. Some people will also find benefit in this that if the rupee is weak against the dollar then Indian goods will now be cheaper for the Americans.
If it is needed then our exports will increase, in reality we need dollars, the benefits are not in favor of India. They are in favor of China, that is why China deliberately lowers its value against the dollar, it depreciates so that its value falls, He devalues his value, we will discuss on that, but for the filial, a big question arises here, And that is, what can be the ways to deal with it, see the way the Indian market is looking, the question arises on investment and that is what can be the ways to deal with it, see the way the Indian market is looking, investment also raises the question as to where a person should invest. Today there are so many investment options, whether you look at bonds, look at gold, look at stocks, look at real estate, either it is in the grip of inflation or is in fear of borrowing. If we look at the situation after the war, Nifty has been seen falling by 7%. In the last 6 months, a fall of 10% has been seen in Bombay Stock Exchange and 7% in National Stock Exchange.
That is, whether it is war time or Trump time, there is a decline in the market, then there is a fear among the investors as to where to invest the money. At the same time, if we see the same situation in the case of gold also because now the Government of India is saying that do not buy gold, then when the Prime Minister stops buying gold, then people avoid investing in gold because all kinds of duties are imposed on it. To deal with inflation, what to do when there are no stocks left and you also have gold options. But if the government is challenging then how can we deal with inflation because inflation will increase very fast in the coming time. At this time, you should give place to savings in your practice. Give place to the conventional method which is being used. In many conventional methods, I have already told you about fixed deposit and recurring deposit. I have told you that either you deposit your money in the bank and let it run on interest because it is the safest. Apart from that, the second thing is that I do not have a big amount of recurring deposit in the bank. Deposit your money and let it run on interest because it is the safest. Apart from that, the second one is recurring deposit. If I do not have a big amount, then you make a monthly SIP like this. Just set some of your deposits on a monthly basis that I will deposit Rs 1000, with this you will be able to meet the needs of the future whether you have to repay the car loan, pay children's fees or go out somewhere, any of yours.
Do you have any plans for the future if you want to do that? So make this your saving habit. Advise if you have money at this time Didn't invest anywhere to save This is a big challenge with money The soiling effect applies if you Keep money in your current account without payment Without interest, then it is becoming mud in front of inflation, inflation is increasing at its own rate, now when the CPI figures will come out, the way WPI has increased, if CPI increases, then the inflation figures will not be able to beat even our interest rate, so in such a situation it is important that if you have any outstanding amount, you should adopt it as a saving method, and if you do so then you can keep it in the recurring deposit. Okay, so overall you can use your savings in many ways if you get RD done, check is car down payment, wedding fund, wedding fund, there are many travel funds, you can manage them and for this I am suggesting a very good app, its name is Stable Money, whose image you are seeing running in front of me here, here you can check which bank is giving you the best interest rate on RD, you can check it with that interest rate. Choose, there are many banks which are suggesting interest rate above 8%, you can choose them, you can withdraw an amount as soon as your salary starts, if you are getting RD at such a good interest, then you can get it done at such a good interest by withdrawing an amount as soon as your salary starts.
If you are getting a Audi then you can get it done, to what extent you can get it done and how much money you want to get it done, then see inside India. DICGC is an initiative of the Government of India which provides you insurance up to Rs 5 lakh through DICGC, a subsidiary of RBI, that is, if you have deposited money in any bank, where is your security, then up to Rs 5 lakh, DICGC, which is a subsidiary of RBI, provides that security, so it is a safe investment for you.
You can check your interest rate in more than two banks to see which one is the best. You can start your SIP with Rs 1000, One more point I would like to tell you here, the best thing you will get in case of stable money is this, That you should not assume here that in RD you were making regular RD of thousand rupees, Suddenly one day you will have more money, ten thousand ahead, twenty thousand ahead, You can top up that fund at the same interest rate at which you had initially booked the RD, meaning you have added the amount.
At the old interest rate which you had booked, which was the best rate, It is possible that later the interest rate will change due to change in repo rate. The reduction remains to be seen, but you can book your RD at the old rate also. Second, if any of your RD switches, meaning it happens that it gets skipped, If I can't do it, you don't face any penalty.
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Why don't we do this? In reality, you want dollars, America does not want rupees. You want dollars, it means you have gone to buy dollars from the market. Bik is saying at the international level, whoever has dollars, you should take it. It means you have gone to buy dollars from the market. Bik is saying at the international level, whoever has dollars, you should take them.
So what will you offer in return to someone who has dollars? You will say, take the goods from us, you should also have the necessary goods. Today, when Russia says to you, 'Take oil, sir, take oil', you are not able to give it jaggery in return. Why can't they give because they are purchasing cheaper goods from China? You did not provide a good alternative to the market. The result was that you are lagging behind the world in manufacturing supply chain.
So people can take money from you, but we are not able to provide such a system that we can buy goods from you in exchange of that rupee. If you say no sir, I will make the rupee equal to the dollar, then you will not find anyone to sell the dollar, it is like I will buy a stock, Mali ji, is it a big stock, Mali ji is the stock of Indigo, I will buy it for one rupee, a lion will be worth one rupee, so keep thinking that to give it to you, you have to trade in this market, you have to put your price in someone to give it. It will give you the desired, it simply means that your rupee does not have that strength. When will the strength come when you have a lot of ready-made goods? The stronger India is in the supply chain, the stronger the rupee will be. Today, when we are dependent on China for ourselves, we are taking imports worth more than a hundred billion dollars from them, this shows that it is very important for India to concentrate on manufacturing.
If we consider this battle of dollar versus rupee for filial on fixed and floating, then India has adopted floating exchange rate, it has been adopted based on demand, with that only India can do business at the international level. Does India also run pegged with anyone i.e. fixed? Nepal has settled with India in dead rupee This is how Gulf countries interact with each other Countries with which there is not much trade Or to whom you can give something in exchange They are also adopting such exchange rates
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It has been said that this manual is actually a dress code manual for employees, and it states that it is loud for Muslim women to wear hijab, It is loud for Sikh men to wear turban, But Hindu women should wear bindi. Or it is not loud for Hindu men to wear Kalawa and apply Tilak.
And because of this a huge controversy has arisen on the internet, Bar Bar Piyush Bansal who is the CEO, The lenses were cut and tacked on. And he tried to respond several times But with every response they keep falling into it. So ultimately the question arises that when this controversy is taking place then on what basis is this religious discrimination taking place? Is there any legal provision related to this in India or not? Can this be challenged as per the Constitution or as per any legal provision?
And why again and again these corporates keep getting entangled in the controversies of this sir? If we keep getting trapped in controversy, then today in this video let us know from where it started and how. When this situation turned into a huge controversy, the first tweet that came said in that tweet What was mentioned in that tweet was that Lange Card's dress code policy was reaffirmed as an authentic Polk internal document which got leaked on the internet and it was found out that many Things are allowed only to minority religions but majority Hindu religion
The people of the community who are employees there are not allowed any religious expression. Now see if you look at their manual strictly If we look a little deeper, the things allowed in the manual are the most important. The clear things that are allowed are hijab and the other things that are allowed. If you look at the things that are allowed inside the manual, the most clear thing that is allowed is hijab and the second thing that is allowed is turban, that is, they have told about it to the people of Sikh community, but in this also they have put some restrictions that it can have a black color turban, it can have a black color hijab because it is their brand logo or The brand matches with the color but which is strictly prohibited which is not allowed at all. First Bindi, second Kalava and third Tilak. Not only this, they have imposed restrictions on many other things, many many things, they have been clearly allowed, but they have been restricted a little bit, but they have been restricted, for example, sandur, very small amount, the whole head should not be filled with it, it can be mehendi, but there should be prior approval for this, and ten more. That mahandi should remain the maximum till the day, after that religious threads only one day after the puja.
You can wear them only one day after puja And you can't wear them the rest of the time So this somehow shows that there is a kind of discrimination. Where this is not allowed to people of majority community This is not allowed to people of Hindu community. But the people of Muslim community and the people of Sikh community Those who are minorities are allowed So why does this controversy start? Do these corporates do this deliberately Or these corporates ignore this and make them My name is Mangal Singh, I teach anthropology.
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You can use this code and avail the best discounts. Now you have already heard it. It must be that there is a controversy going on in Nashik where people were being forcefully converted to Islam. Investigation is going on on this. NAA has also taken cognizance of this and it is being looked at from many angles and due to this, a very heated palace has been built inside Nashik and the whole country is discussing about why this is happening, so after all this lens cart controversy is the reason for this. What is the response to Lenskart on social media? Some people have said that this is the hypocrisy of Lenskart and through this it is not religious discrimination.
And he said that this lens actually shows a hypocrisy of the cart which is completely The Hindu minority strictly bans religious expression, but it Muslims or Sikhs were not allowed to have any religious expression, but they denied that the present guidelines may not be old or may be outdated, then they said that the policy is no restriction on any form of religious expression including bindi and tilak outdated.
Versions do not represent you, theirs is their outdated version, this is our version, they did not say that it is not ours, they denied this to Tripread, they only said that it does not reflect their point of view of today, so when they did this, then the readers gave a context on top of that. Added
it on X i.e. on Twitter He said that the league lens card guide is actively branded and dated February 2, 2026 That means it's only two months old And this actually internally dress code is still being used To implement this reader The controversy deepened due to the context that the Internet sets on your Twitter, then later he again gave a clarification and he told that there is no restriction here and finally he admitted that yes it contained an incorrect line. He said that okay, this is a policy of ours and then he said it contained an incorrect line about Bindi and Tilak as founder and CEO the responsibility for such lapses is mine. He said that it is my responsibility and Only regarding Bindi and Tilak, on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this on this, when I went to the employees of Lenskart and asked them about all their stores, they have not received any such order yet. The basis of which is whether you have to follow this policy or not, that is, this policy is still running somewhere and if you talk about today, they have not published any updated guidelines because they are afraid that maybe it will cause controversy, so now the biggest question that arises is that so much controversy has been created which has become a storm on social media, are there legal provisions on it. Now the biggest problem in the legal provisions is whether the constitution is based on religion. But the constitution prevents discrimination but the problem is that discrimination on the basis of religion is allowed only in public departments.
Or it stops the state run things only and does not intrude into the private sector regarding this. right so can this policy be challenged in the court short answer is barely it is very difficult that We can challenge this policy in the court of law because if you three or four see provisions see legal provisions see industrial provisions that if you see 3-4 provisions, see legal provisions, see industrial provisions, And if we look at the constitutional provisions, So whatever is within the constitutional provisions,
He applies only to the government and not to the to private employers, Whatever the government or government related things apply to them, If you see section 153B of IPC, Which is an outrageous and religious group, So in this, deliberate intent has to be proved again and again, That was the deliberate intention of this company, That he deliberately wanted to hurt the religious sentiment, he has to prove that there was a deliberate intention of the company that he deliberately wanted to hurt the religious sentiment, he will have to prove it and in the name of negligence or ignorance, perhaps they can settle with this thing and the Industrial Disputes Act is already a little old and there is an indirect remedy in it, but that too is a remedy against non-meritorious staff, that is, it is a constitutional fundamental right under Article 14. There are 15, 16 but where does all this apply on the public sector and not on the private sector and when does the private sector belong to the public sector and not on the private sector?
If it survives somewhere, then you see, some people say that why such a mistake happens, then these are the four manwars. There are four policies, each of four people, you must have heard that he is infamous for his work, and one of four, which There is a policy, in these policies it is said that these people copy and paste the user manuals of that country or the user manuals of western countries. It is said that these people copy and paste the user manuals of that country or the user manuals of western countries and they become the policy of this place.
Let's make it and start using the context of western countries if you See if you have copied these policies from UK or America. So generally which suits you or which gives you professional clothes which It is said in India that those clothes are actually European style clothes. That means suit, tie or you need shirt and pant or proper which These are professional dresses, these are actually western styled which their Also aligns with Christian ideas, But the majority community inside India is not Christian,
Which we have assumed is our professional dress, That is actually the professional dress of the Christian community, Which we have related to the majority, And there to accommodate the minority, And to accommodate diversity, These people keep some special provisions, For some communities, So it can either be that the majority of the things Provisions Provisions Provisions Provisions Provisions Provisions Provizion It is being lauved to express, so look at the copy given to them and after passing the copy to them, what they did directly was to tell Hindus this.
Gave that you have to wear professional dress and western style which the Muslim community refused to wear. Now what is the problem with this? On one hand, you have hurt the sentiments of the majority community and in the name of this inclusion, you have applied a kind of dual policy. You said you don't have professionalism If you expressed things Hindu style That Bindi you expressed that you Did you apply bigger vermillion or did you wear tilak? or did you wear kalava So this is against professionalism
But this in the name of diversity and inclusion That means you have used dual policy. which is actually not acceptable in any case, right So the problem is that even if it was deliberate, it is still problematic. Or you did a lazy copy-paste, you just went and copy-pasted the western style policy, And even though you have made this policy, there is still a slightly problematic thing.
And because of this, a lot of problems can occur. Now see what is there in other countries? The legal jurisprudence in other countries has evolved a lot. If you look at the US and the UK, the legal jurisprudence there is very limited in many respects. If you look at the US and the UK, there are a number of laws that govern the private sector on the basis that they do not discriminate. So for example, the title within the US is the Civil Rights Act Ninety Six Four and within that it applies to private employers. and it mandates religious accommodation and reasonable accommodation.
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In the year 2020, BOAT had become the fifth largest wearable brand in the world. It had beaten all the Indian brands and was in the leagues of Apple, Xiaomi and Samsung. Then, between FY20 and FY23, BOAT's revenue increased from Rs 700 crore to Rs 3400 crore. And that's a 5x growth in just 3 years. BOT's smartwatches and their earphones were everywhere.
And Aman Gupta was one of the most celebrated entrepreneurs in India and his company was getting ready for a blockbuster IPO. But then things started to change. BOT's revenue started to fall. It started losing to other players in the segment.
In fact, things got so bad that both its co-founders Aman and Sameer quit their positions and moved to known executive roles. So what exactly went wrong with BOAT? And what does the future look like for the company? Welcome to our weekly Indian startup news show. I'm Pankaj, your host, and you're watching Backstage with Millionaires. So, let me take you back to where this story really starts, which is not 2014 when BOAT was founded, but in 2020, when Bat really took off.
See, when the pandemic hit, Boat was already an established and growing brand, but COVID helped them accelerate at an unprecedented pace. The screen time for people grew multifold. Also, almost everyone was working from home. And because of that, people needed headphones. In fact, demand for audio products grew 20% in the early months of pandemic alone and Bode, which had spent years building the most recognizable and affordable audio brand in India, benefited from it the most.
But that wasn't the only wave Bode caught in 2020. As people started tracking their health obsessively during the pandemic, smartwatches suddenly became a mass market product. And Bode saw this as an opportunity and launched their own smartwatch line in October 2020.
And this wearable segment of theirs, which did not exist until 2020, went on to bring 900 crore rupees in revenue within the next two years, which was nearly a quarter of everything the company made. And thanks to these two waves and Aman Gupta being on Shark Tank, Bote had crossed 3376 crore in revenue in FY23. But then things started to change. The two waves that Boat was riding suddenly started to disappear.
And let's first talk about their smartwatch business. See, once the hype of smartwatches started to fade after the pandemic, people started evaluating their smartwatches more critically. And what they found was that these entry-level smartwatches, the kind that BOTE made, which were typically priced below Rs 2,500, did not really have the most accurate health tracking.
Basically, the consumer expectations from these products had gone up, but these products failed to keep up with the consumer. And as a result of this, the smartwatch market started shrinking in India. In FI24 alone, it collapsed by 34% and Bote was the most impacted company. Bote's smartwatch segment that brought in 901 crore rupees in revenue in FI24 had gone down to just 330 crore rupees in FI25, a 63% decline in just one year.
But the thing to understand here is that consumers were not necessarily ditching smartwatches entirely, they were just ditching the low-quality ones. And I'm saying that because the market for premium smartwatches had essentially doubled during this time. The kind of smartwatches which are priced over 20,000 rupees. A segment where players like Apple and Samsung exist.
So, smartwatches was the first bad news for Bode. Next came its audio business. The segment that had essentially made BOAT also started declining. And I think this is a more deeper and existential problem for BOAT. See, when BOAT had built their reputation, they had a genuine edge. They were selling affordable products with cool designs.
But that edge is now gone. It worked for BOAT when they were the only player. But today, they have a tough competition from a bunch of new age Indian brands like BOAT Audio and Noise, along with international brands like Realme, Nothing and OnePlus. Basically, this category is being commoditized right now.
And when a category commoditizes, the brand that's perceived as affordable is usually the one that gets hurt most. And the culmination of all this happened when the two people who built Bolt, Sameer Mehta and Aman Gupta, decided to quit and transition to a non- executive role. And now the company has brought in a new CEO. In fact, Boat has changed three CEOs in the last three years. And that's not good for a brand that's already losing its market.
So is this the end for Boat? Or do they have a plan? Well, sort of. According to the DRHP, Boat now wants to focus on the premium segment, products above 5000 rupee range. And the company now wants to focus on building better technology instead products above 5000 rupee range.
And the company now wants to focus on building better technology, instead of just playing on the price. And that is the right direction. The premium audio market is where the growth is. But the problem with this segment is that it is owned by Apple, Sony, Samsung, and JBL. And competing with these brands won't be easy. All of them have spent decades building credibility for premium audio.
And BOAT has never competed at that level. And now repositioning a brand that builds its reputation on affordable and trendy to suddenly play in premium is one of the hardest things to do in consumer electronics. And before I wrap it up, let's quickly talk about their IPO. See, when they were at their peak.
And at that time, they were planning on raising 2000 crore rupees. But the company decided to postpone it because of bad market condition. Then they again filed for an IPO in 2025. This time with the plans of raising 1500 crore rupees. But again, these plans were postponed. And we don't know when the company will finally go public.
Also, there are some concerns with their DRHP as well. Boats own auditors have flagged that Boats quarterly returns filed with the banks did not match the company's internal books. And that too for three consecutive years. And that raises a lot of concerns. See, trying to go public with three years of bank versus book mismatches is not the best story to tell to the public market investors.
And that at a time when your revenue is also falling. So right now, Boat might have a plan, but they don't seem to have the right people to execute that plan let me know what you guys think do you think both will be able to make that transition or will it just suffer the same fate as someone like lava or micromax all right next up urban company has just announced that their quick housekeeping vertical insta health has crossed 1 million monthly bookings in march and that's a big number especially considering the fact that they had launched this business vertical
just one year back. And now the company is calling it their fastest scaling business unit in their history. And since they announced these numbers, their share price has climbed over 10%. Now, if you look at the service, it's pretty straightforward. They have on-demand cleaning, dishwashing, laundry, and meal prep, all fulfilled in 10 to 15 minutes from booking.
And the service right now is only live in cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, and Pune. But here is where it gets interesting. This space is starting to look a lot like what happened with QuickCommerce a few years back, where you had new players coming up every day. Also, investors putting in millions of dollars to help these companies scale fast, and the media still questioning if this is even a profitable model.
Now, coming to this house help market, Urban Company's Instahelp currently leads this market with 49% market share, while Snabbit is next with 36% market and Pronto is at number 3 with 14% market share. But the thing to note here is that startups like Urban Company are burning money right now to acquire this market. In quarter 3 of FI26, Arvan company registered an EBITDA loss of 61 crore rupees. And same is with Snabbit and Pronto.
So the growth and all is good. But the real question is still the same as it was in the quick commerce. Will anyone be able to make this profitable at scale? Alright, moving on to some quick news updates. B2B manufacturing platform Zetwork has confidentially filed for their IPO papers and they are looking to raise around Rs 4,200 crore or almost $450 million.
The company was founded in 2018 and they basically help connect businesses with contract manufacturers across sectors like electronics, aerospace and industrials. The company posted operating revenue of Rs 12,798 crore in FY25 with a net loss of Rs 371 crores. Talking about IPOs, furniture and electronic appliance rental platform Rentomojo has filed for DRHP with SEBI to raise Rs 150 crore in their IPO.
But one of the co-founders, Ajay Nain, has filed a petition with NCLT claiming that he was misled into selling his 9.41% stake to an employee benefit trust back in 2023. And now, Ajay wants to void that share sale, restore his shareholding, and stop the company from its planned IPO. Alright, next up, Mirza International's MD Tauseef Mirza has acquired a 100% stake in D2C casual footwear startup called Solthreads.
And this company is already clocking a monthly run rate of 6 crore rupees and this deal will help mirza international to expand into india's youth focus semi-premium footwear market all right now let's move into the funding news segment for today's video this week indian startups raised a total of 47 million dollars which is significantly lower than last week's 268 million and now let's take a look at some of the startups that have raised funds this week. The first one I want to talk about is Batchat, which is a simple app that helps you
save small amounts of money every day automatically instead of big monthly investments. Basically, what they do is they take tiny amounts like 50 to 100 rupees via UPI and invest them in mutual funds. So even people with irregular income can build savings easily and they've raised 12 million dollars in their series A round.
Following that, we have Mumbai-based Amaha, which is an online mental health platform where you can talk to therapists, get medical help, and use self-care tools all in one place. And they've raised 50 crore rupees or $5.35 million. After that, we have the D2C nutrition brand Beast Life that sells things like protein powder and supplements. And they've raised 20 crore rupees or $2.
million in their pre-series a round next we have cyber security startup called sign3 which is an ai powered fraud prevention platform and they help banks fintechs and online businesses to spot and stop scammers by analyzing device data and user behavior like typing patterns or mouse movements and they've raised 1.
million dollars and finally we have epic an online e-commerce platform that lets you try gadgets at home before you buy them what they do is they basically send someone to your house with the product so you can test it in real life and decide whether you wanna buy it it's basically an online shopping with a real world trial experience and they've raised one million dollars in their pre-seed All right, that's all the startup news I have for you this week. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one.
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