Financial Inclusion

Over 80% Indians now have bank accounts. How many are actually using them?

Narendra Modi government’s Jan Dhan Yojana was supposed to increase financial inclusion by making banking more accessible to the poor. It has come up short.

Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in
· May 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Nandan Nilekani to chair RBI panel to improve digital payments

The five-member panel has been tasked with improving financial inclusion through digitisation.

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· Jan 08, 2019 · 05:22 pm
Government claims Jan Dhan Yojana was a big success. Here’s a reality check

Independent research suggests that the financial inclusion scheme may not have had as big an impact.

Mayank Jain
· Sep 06, 2017 · 05:30 pm

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The weak link in Modi's ambitious plan to give every Indian a bank account

If the Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana is to work, the government will have to find a way to make the business correspondent model truly sustainable.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Aug 18, 2014 · 06:44 am

Financial Inclusion

Over 80% Indians now have bank accounts. How many are actually using them?

Narendra Modi government’s Jan Dhan Yojana was supposed to increase financial inclusion by making banking more accessible to the poor. It has come up short.

Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in
· May 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Nandan Nilekani to chair RBI panel to improve digital payments

The five-member panel has been tasked with improving financial inclusion through digitisation.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 08, 2019 · 05:22 pm

Government claims Jan Dhan Yojana was a big success. Here’s a reality check

Independent research suggests that the financial inclusion scheme may not have had as big an impact.

Mayank Jain
· Sep 06, 2017 · 05:30 pm

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· Jul 27, 2017 · 10:30 am

Full text: Raghuram Rajan on how Indians can be freed from the clutches of moneylenders

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The weak link in Modi's ambitious plan to give every Indian a bank account

If the Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana is to work, the government will have to find a way to make the business correspondent model truly sustainable.

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· Aug 18, 2014 · 06:44 am

Financial Inclusion

Over 80% Indians now have bank accounts. How many are actually using them?

Narendra Modi government’s Jan Dhan Yojana was supposed to increase financial inclusion by making banking more accessible to the poor. It has come up short.

Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in · May 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Nandan Nilekani to chair RBI panel to improve digital payments

The five-member panel has been tasked with improving financial inclusion through digitisation.

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Government claims Jan Dhan Yojana was a big success. Here’s a reality check

Independent research suggests that the financial inclusion scheme may not have had as big an impact.

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The weak link in Modi's ambitious plan to give every Indian a bank account

If the Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana is to work, the government will have to find a way to make the business correspondent model truly sustainable.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan · Aug 18, 2014 · 06:44 am

Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in
· May 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm

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· Jan 08, 2019 · 05:22 pm

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· Sep 06, 2017 · 05:30 pm

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· Jul 27, 2017 · 10:30 am

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· Aug 30, 2015 · 09:00 am

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