India was once a cash economy governed by middle-class values. If you didn’t have it, you didn’t spend it. Thanks to credit cards and a young generation that expect the finest things in life, India has a debt problem. But what opportunities can ‘putting it on credit’ bring?

Searching for a bargain flight, Indian travellers are moving from desktops to apps for flash-sale, impulse-buy tickets. SpiceJet, India’s second largest airline, has been offering competitive promotional schemes, with over a dozen offers in the first half of 2014.

Nearly 70% of Indian marriages are arranged by relatives, but matchmaking has gone online – where the profiles of potential partners can be pored over in detail. Perfiniti assesses the compatibility of potential couples. But will it prove popular with Indians looking for love?

Delhi is ranked as one of the most polluted and populous cities in the world by international organisations, so traffic is often a problem. Now, urban planning experts say there is a need to promote sustainable public transport in the capital.

India is a fast-growing outbound travel market, though research suggests that much of that growth comes from an unlikely source. Holiday IQ, India's largest tourism information portal, predicts that 55% of travel spend will come from people who live outside of cities.

The stereotypical image of a holiday masks a much larger variety of desires and options, connected to states of mind, emotions, personal interests and idea of leisure and enjoyment. How much do we still identify with white sands and blue sea?

While luxury brands move away from the ‘stuffy’ traditions, a new breed of hotels that spans the entire price spectrum is competing to meet the needs of the digitally dependent Millennials. But how is such a long-standing industry redefining itself to meet the needs of Gen Y?

Last-minute holidays account for around £26 billion annually, while one in three in the UK thinks they have a “spontaneous personality”. Can Flight Tonight, an app that offers the cheapest flights departing at nearby airports in just a few hours, cater to these risky travellers?