Reiterating the aim of demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that economies like India need a higher growth rate to pull people out of poverty and improve upon quality of life. Besides, he added that the penetration effect of growth will certainly take place but it will be a slow process and aspirational society is not willing to wait indefinitely.
The minister also underlined the objective of the financial inclusion drive initiated by the government since 2014, noting that the move was to bank the unbanked, secure the unsecured, fund the unfunded and service the unserviced areas. He also detailed that banks, especially public sector banks, opened 330 million accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in a few months and people have also started putting money in zero balance accounts.
Further, the minister pointed that noteban compelled people to put all their cash into the banking system, while the Goods and Services Tax (GST) brought many activities into the formal system. Finance Minister also highlighted the development schemes launched by the government to offer insurance at very affordable premium as part of the social security system through the PMJDY account.
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