Amid a pall of gloom over millions of families across India-- dependent on regular remittances from the Middle East-- after Dubai World's repayment crisis, businessmen and analysts on the ground find the world was over-reacting and worries perhaps unfounded.

"It may have been headline material but it was 48 hours too late," "The full impact of the Dubai debt crisis is yet to be assessed, but there is no need to press the panic button." Buttressing his point he had said "first of all, the amount is small and secondly, the exposure of our banking systems to the Dubai financial systems is limited."

Stock exchanges world over, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, tumbled following this latest unraveling in the financial world. It has raised serious concerns in India where millions of families across the country are dependent on remittance from the Middle East.

There is intense fears of job losses particularly in construction sector in Dubai which employs numerous workers from India. Local Indian businessmen said it is too early to judge the impact on remittances, redundancies and other business activities.

"The exposure of Indian financial institutions to Dubai World is being assessed at this point in time but in my opinion it will have practically no impact on India," he said. "There is no reason to panic on this issue," he added.

"There are no redundancies happening nor will there be in the near future. The group, the city and the country as a whole is more than capable of handling this. The whole thing is a bit of an overreaction," said an analyst.