-The Hindu The report of an RBI-appointed committee on Financial Inclusion and financial deepening has stimulated a wide-ranging debate on these crucial areas. However, policy measures initiated by the government and the RBI while adding to the numbers of new bank branches, new accounts and so on did not really enhance the quality of such inclusive practices. In September last year, the RBI asked the committee chaired by Nachiket Mor...
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Aadhaar is adequate to open a bank account: RBI
-The Hindu Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India's committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households headed by Nachiket Mor on Friday said that the Aadhaar process was adequate to enable every Indian to get a bank account by January 1, 2016. "Target is dependent on our perception of what is happening to Aadhaar. The bank account target is really an electronic target, as we have articulated it....
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-PTI MUMBAI: Recommending sweeping changes in the banking structure, an RBI panel on Tuesday suggested setting up of specialized banks to cater to low income households to ensure that all citizens have bank accounts by 2016. It also suggested that facility for withdrawal, payment and deposit should be set up within a 15-minute walking distance anywhere in the country. "By January 1, 2016 each resident, above the age of 18, would have an...
More »Women’s bank learns from elder sibling in Maharashtra -Surabhi
-The Indian Express For the Bharatiya Mahila Bank, the country's first pan-India national women's bank, it is a humble rural cooperative women's venture in Maharashtra that has provided the critical input to succeed: How to lend to women who do not have collateral to back their loans. Chetna V Sinha, founder and chairperson of Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, explained that this is the prime weakness in giving loans to women. The...
More »West Bengal's savings scheme for poor gets RBI nod -Atmadip Ray
-The Economic Times KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's plan to start a savings scheme with the aim of protecting the poor from losing their money to deposit schemes that promise high returns will be going ahead with the Reserve Bank of India having cleared the participation of state-run banks in the programme. The state government is to launch the plan on November 6. State-run West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation...
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