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Financial Inclusion in India: An Assessment

Financial Inclusion in India: An Assessment

Rohit Bhattacharya
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781799812074|ISBN10: 1799812073|EISBN13: 9781799812081
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1207-4.ch033
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Bhattacharya, Rohit. "Financial Inclusion in India: An Assessment." Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 559-568. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1207-4.ch033

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Bhattacharya, R. (2020). Financial Inclusion in India: An Assessment. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 559-568). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1207-4.ch033

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Bhattacharya, Rohit. "Financial Inclusion in India: An Assessment." In Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 559-568. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1207-4.ch033

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Abstract

The concept of Financial Inclusion is not a new one. It has become a catchphrase now and has attracted the global attention in the recent past. Lack of accessible, affordable and appropriate financial services has always been a global problem. It is estimated that about 2.9 billion people around the world do not have access to formal sources of banking and financial services. India is said to live in its villages, a convincing statement, considering that nearly 72% of our population lives there. However, a significant proportion of our 650,000 odd villages does not have a single bank branch to boast of, leaving swathes of the rural population in financial exclusion. RBI has reported that the financial exclusion in India leads to the loss of GDP to the extent of one per cent (RBI, Working Paper Series (DEPR): 8/2011). Financially excluded people, consistently, depend on money lenders even for their day to day needs, borrowing at excessive rates to finally get caught in a debt trap. In addition, people in far-off villages are completely unaware of financial products like insurance, which could protect them in adverse situation. Therefore, financial inclusion is a big necessity for our country as a large chunk of the world's poor resides here. Access to finance by the poor and vulnerable groups is a prerequisite for poverty reduction and social cohesion. Present paper is an attempt to highlight the present efforts of financial inclusion in India its future road map, its challenges etc.

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