TheMarketDigest Courses

A free course, built on real Indian money

Start with the basics and finish able to make a money plan. It is free, interactive, and built the way TheMarketDigest articles are built, with every price, rate and scheme drawn from what Indian families actually pay and earn today.

The course gives you
  • 10+ hours of learning
  • 10 units + capstone
  • 120 quiz questions
  • Beginner level
  • Free of cost
  • Certificate on request
Course 01 · Financial Literacy

Your First
Lakh

Understand money before money starts making decisions for you. Budgets, banks, interest, inflation, saving, shares, insurance and tax, each one taught with real Indian numbers.

  • 10+ hours of learning
  • 10 units + capstone
  • 120 quiz questions
  • Beginner level
  • Free of cost
  • Certificate on request
  • What Money Actually Is
  • Earning, Spending and Your First Budget
  • Banks, Accounts and UPI
  • Interest: The Price of Time
  • and six more units + capstone
Start the course
Companion · Gujarati–English Handbook

Tijori
પૈસાની સમજ

The same ideas in two languages, written for families in Gujarat with our community partner, Bolbala Charitable Trust. Read it on the site or print it for a classroom.

  • Bilingual
  • 9 parts + glossary
  • Printable PDF
  • Free of cost
  • Money, earning and the household budget
  • Banks, UPI and staying safe from fraud
  • Interest, compounding and મોંઘવારી (inflation)
  • FDs, PPF, gold, shares and mutual funds
  • and five more parts + a bilingual glossary
Read the handbook
Why this course is different

We teach with real Indian numbers and publish the best work.

Finish the capstone money plan and the strongest pieces each cycle get published in the Reader’s Voice with your byline, worth far more than any certificate.