scholarly journals BANKING SECTOR ORIENTED FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN INDIA: A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-59
Author(s):  
Sana Pathan ◽  
Archana Fulwari
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
The Government ◽  
Improve Access ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

Financial Inclusion is an emerging concept. The objective of the government behind 100 percent Financial Inclusion is to have inclusive growth in India. Several initiatives have been taken by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India to improve access to financial services. To measure the effectiveness of these initiatives there is need to measure the extent of Financial Inclusion. Financial Inclusion can be measured by gauging the progress in access to and usage of a range of products and services of financial institutions over time. The present study sought to propose an index to measure the extent of banking sector oriented Financial Inclusion in India over a period of time rather than a cross-section study which has been the focus of many a studies. The study used more specific indicators of banks-centric financial inclusion dimensions to gauge the long run trend in Financial Inclusion in India. The results indicate that there is much improvement in Financial Inclusion in India since the implementation of financial sector reforms.

Marketing of Banking Services in India

2017 ◽  
pp. 107-133
Author(s):  
Rakhi Arora
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Nationalised Banks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indian Banks ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

Banking sector plays an important role in Indian Financial Sector.It has a long history that has gone through various stages of development after Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization (LPG) has taken place. The Indian banking sector is broadly classified into scheduled banks and non-scheduled banks. The scheduled banks are those included under the 2nd Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The scheduled banks are further classified into: nationalised banks; State Bank of India and its associates; Regional Rural Banks (RRBs); foreign banks; and other Indian private sector banks, which are controlled and governed by Reserve Bank of India (Central Bank of India) and Ministry of Finance. In this era, the government has issued licenses to the new entrants to establish new banks to serve the Indian society. This chapter focuses on to show the various undergone phases of Indian banking system, growth of deposits and credits, technological development in Indian banking sector, services provided by the Indian banks, benefits and challenges faced by the Indian banks.

scholarly journals PROGRESS OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH FIPs OF SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Mohana Krishna Irrinki ◽  
Kuberudu Burlakanti
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
Bank Accounts

All the stakeholders of the economy had identified the need and importance of financial inclusion in the overall development of any country. Banking sector plays a very vital role in the success of financial inclusion. Government and RBI had formulated various programs, schemes and financial services for the financial betterment of the low income groups. Various initiations were taken in implementing financial inclusion and banks were asked to set self-regulated targets through financial inclusion plans through which the unbanked villages across the country were assigned to various banks and these banks were asked to bring all the unbanked segments into the banking fold. The paper aims at the evaluation of financial inclusion through the various parameters considered for the growth of financial inclusion. The banks through the efforts of their branches and Business Correspondents have seen the continuous growth in opening the bank accounts, issue of Kisan Credit Cards & General Credit Cards and the volume and value of transactions in the bank accounts. Financial Inclusion Plans of the banks are helping a lot in moving towards inclusive growth.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Big Consolidations of Indian Banking Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
T P Ram Prasad ◽  
T T Karthik
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
The Government ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

India declared a broad consolidation of state-claimed banks that will see 10 of them being merged to frame four greater moneylenders to reinforce a sector battling with a terrible advance cleanup and planned for making loan specialists of worldwide scale that can bolster the economy’s flood to $5 trillion by 2024. The government additionally reported administration changes to improve their wellbeing. This was the most recent in a progression of announcements by the government since a week ago as it looks to animate demand and resuscitate the economy. In a different announcement, the government said development had dropped to a six-year low in the quarter to June. The most recent consolidation move will slice the quantity of state-claimed loan specialists to 12 from 27 of every 2017, Sitharaman stated, featuring the banking changes embraced by the Narenda Modi government that have likewise included noteworthy cleaning up of asset reports. This isn’t the first occasion when that the possibility of merging state-claimed banks has picked up momentum. In his way breaking 1991 report on banking sector changes, M. Narasimham, a former Reserve Bank of India senator, had recommended mergers to shape a three-level structure with three enormous banks with international nearness at the best, eight to 10 national banks at level two, and countless provincial and nearby banks at the base. Afterward, the P.J. Nayak Committee had additionally recommended that state-run banks ought to either be merged or privatize. To be sure, as per Indian Banking Association information, there have been in any event 49 mergers since 1985. Hence, the present study has been focused to highlight the brief of top vital consolidation on Indian Banking sector and study based on secondary sources of data.

scholarly journals UPI Challenges and Direction in Fund Management with Special Reference Banking Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1588-1593
Author(s):  
S.V. Muralidhara
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Fund Management ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
The Government ◽  
Digital Transactions ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

Abstract: After demonetization, there was a massive requirement for currency notes, but the government was unable to provide the required quantity of currency notes, and also Indian government wanted to promote cashless transactions. UPI is built over Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) for transferring funds using Virtual Payment Address (a unique ID provided by the bank). Unified Payments Interface is a payment system launched by (NPCI), which is National Payments Corporation of India, and is regulated by the (RBI) Reserve Bank of India, which provides the facility of instant fund transfer between two bank accounts online through payment apps. Digital transactions by UPI have been made very easy. The UPI service is available 24X7, and it is not like RTGS and NEFT, which do not work on holidays and non-banking hours. This will bring tremendous efficiency to the system and help India become a cashless economy. Keywords: Digital illiteracy, Online payments, cashless economy UPI, Mobile phone, digital payment mode

Evaluation of Financial Inclusion Index for accessing Banking Technology through Rural Population from the States of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (8) ◽  
pp. 261-265
Author(s):  
Dr.M. Bhuvana
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

Reserve bank of India has described the term Financial Inclusion as the sequence of activities that has taken place in proving financial services to the most vulnerable people in country at a very low affordable cost. The financial services like assess to financial products such as small deposits and savings, providing basic credit requirements through formal financial institutions like post offices, banks, microfinance institutions and banks. Rural people faces may issues and challenges in using financial products and services to meet their basic needs. Hence this research study has done an analysis to evaluate index of financial inclusion for various states of India with four different types of dimensions like Penetration of Bank Branches in rural areas, Credit Penetration, Deposit and Penetration of Insurance Companies in the rural regions of all the states of India. Different resources namely the website of Reserve Bank of India, Census 2011 data, articles and journals has been utilized to gather the secondary data for the study. The dimensions such as deposit, credit, insurance company penetration and bank branch penetration in rural areas of different states of India has been measured by accessing multidimensional approach to examine financial inclusion index 2018. From the research study, it is found that the states Puducherry, Daman & Diu, Chandigarh and Goa has Financial Inclusion at below average level (between 35-50) and the remaining states in India has financial inclusion at very low level in rural areas (Below 35).As concerned with rural population many states in India has financial inclusion at below average and lower level. The concern authorities from Indian Government should examine those states that are highly eliminated from accessing banking services to restructure the position of financial inclusion

Union Bank of India: Initiatives towards IT-enabled Financial Inclusion

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Taruna Gautam ◽  
Kapil Garg
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The People ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Financial Depth ◽  
Financial Growth ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

The economy is on the path of growth trajectory as a result of vibrancy in all-round economic activities. At present, the financial depth in Indian economic scenario is not that encouraging as in other Asian countries, although it has demonstrated gains in momentum. There is a strong interrelationship between economic growth and financial growth through financial inclusion. Financial inclusion involves the concerns related to the operating costs that are inherent in wider expansion. Similarly, the charges levied are an important aspect, along with the inability to reach rural and unbanked areas. Here, information technology (IT) can play an important role not only in reducing the operating cost but also in covering most of the regions which are unbanked. IT provides various solutions for financial services to the people devoid of banking facilities in the form of mobile banking and micro ATM. This case highlights the various IT measures and schemes launched by Union Bank of India towards financial inclusion as per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Financial Inclusion in Economic Growth of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
Sirangi Chandra Shekhar ◽  
Jothiselvamuthukumar A.
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Formal Framework ◽  
Credit History ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Low Pay ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

Financial Inclusion (FI) is a significant interaction to accomplish the objective of comprehensive development. Appropriately, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put forth, supported attempts to expand the entrance of basic financial services in unbanked zones, while proceeding with its strategy of guaranteeing satisfactory however feasible progression of credit to need areas of the economy. FI is conveyance of banking administrations at a reasonable cost to the immense segments of oppressed and low-pay gatherings. By FI we mean the arrangement of reasonable financial services, to be specific admittance to installments and settlement offices, investment funds, advances, and protection services by the formal framework to the individuals who are generally not offered these kinds of services by any other financial institutions due to their poor credit history. Meaning of FI emerges from the issue of financial exclusion of almost 3billion individuals from the basic financial services across the world, with just 34percent populace occupied with formal banking. India has, 135 million FI families, the second most noteworthy after china. The current paper is a modest endeavor to discover the reasons for financial exclusion in India, examine the degree and extent of FI with regards to India and propose measures to take care of the issue of financial exclusion in India.

Migrant Remittances and Financial Inclusion in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Abba Yadou Barnabe
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Migrant Remittances

The main objective of this chapter is to examine the effect of migrant remittances on financial inclusion in Africa from 2004 to 2017. Thus, the authors constructed a composite index of financial inclusion using principal component analysis (PCA). In addition, they examine the effect of remittances on financial inclusion using a system GMM and a pooled mean group (PMG). It is found that remittances have a negative effect on financial inclusion in the short run and a positive effect in the long run. Moreover, remittances have a negative long-term effect on the use of financial services and a positive long-term effect on access to financial services. This implies improved policies to both attract the flow of remittances through formal channels and improve financial inclusion.

scholarly journals Leveraging Financial Inclusion Through Technology-Enabled Services Innovation

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Rajeev Dwivedi ◽  
Melfi Alrasheedi ◽  
Pradeep Dwivedi ◽  
Berislava Starešinić
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Indian Population ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Government ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Services Innovation

The majority of the Indian population is not getting the advantages of inclusive growth and development in India, referred to as financial inclusion and has become a challenge for the Indian economy. The paper aims to investigate the use of available technology-enabled financial services and their role for financial inclusion in the current COVID 19 situation and the reaching rural and semi-urban India. The research is based on the in-depth analysis of the government policies and Fintech in the light of India's situation during COVID 19. The study reveals that the government showed the intent by opening a vast amount of banking accounts (411 million accounts) for financial inclusion in around six years. With radical changes in mobile subscribers and 4G, Internet, and Smartphone growth, India is close to achieving financial inclusion with full potential. However, significant change and development can be attained only if the government provides and motivates citizens to adopt the innovation services for financial inclusion.

scholarly journals Study of Role of Financial Institution in Financial Inclusion

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Ishan Khatri ◽  
Prarthana Fabyani ◽  
Chehak Rajgarhia ◽  
Sejal Murarka
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Reserve Bank Of India

India is one of the largest growing economies in the world. Financial inclusion is providing financial services at an affordable rate to all people. It comes into existence in the year 1950 establishment of Reserve Bank of India. There are various incentives which have been undertaken to increase financial inclusion in India. With the nationalization of commercial banks. And the formation of NABARD Self-help Groups and Kisan credit bank. After 2000, the schemes like Swavalamban swabhiman have been launched to increase its role. The schemes by government of India like PMJDY and Startup India schemes. Financial inclusion helps in forming cashless economy and increase capital formation and increase economic growth of the country. It provides business and growth opportunities to the Intermediaries. This system also provides affordable services to the poor and played a vital role in improving country financial services.

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