“The importance of
finance to economic growth has also frequently been ignored by economists.”
Fed Governor, Frederick Mishkin in 2005
WHAT IS FINANCIAL INCLUSION?
We had two committees in past which
give definitions of financial inclusion: Rangarajan Committee on Financial
Inclusion which defines it as “the process of ensuring access to financial
services and timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups such
as weaker sections and low income groups at an affordable cost.”
Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial
sector...