Page 5 - Financial Inclusion

Deposits under PM Modi's flagship Jan Dhan Yojana cross Rs 1 trillion

The PMJDY was launched on August 28, 2014, with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to the people in the country.

The five-year track record of NDA govt's financial inclusion drive

Apart from bringing the deprived into the financial mainstream, various schemes of the govt have also plugged pension leakages and fostered direct benefit transfers

Financial inclusion providing entire range of banking services: SBI chief

Financial inclusion Arundhati Bhattacharya said has four key aspects -- accessibility, affordability, quality and usability

Regulators team up for financial inclusion

An inter-regulatory coordination group, plus an outside group of experts is busy creating the plan

Small finance banks seek relaxed norms to meet financial inclusion goals

Unlike universal banks, SFBs require prior approval from RBI for opening bank branches

Odisha wants swift roll out of bank branches in un-banked regions

Since large tribal tracts in the state are uncovered by banking services, people in these regions cannot access govt schemes

Sumita Kale: Don't undermine the strides made by Jan-Dhan

Paucity of information regarding the progress of financial inclusion in India has been a major challenge. The situation is now changing, with data being made available online, says the writer in the first of two articles