RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said financial inclusion will continue to be a ‘policy priority’ for the central to make the post-pandemic recovery more equitable and sustainable. Das said the Reserve Bank of India will very soon be coming out with the first financial inclusion index, which will assess progress in terms of access, usage and quality. He added that it is the responsibility of all stakeholders to ensure that the financial ecosystem (including the digital medium) is inclusive and capable of effectively addressing risks like mis-selling, cybersecurity, data privacy and promoting trust in the financial system through appropriate financial education and awareness.
Since the start of the last decade, financial inclusion has been a key focus area for the RBI to help formalise the economy by ensuring that banks reach the people. Technological advances made it easier and the government also gave it a greater thrust with the launch of the PM Jan Dhan Yojana scheme. RBI Governor said ‘In order to make the post-pandemic recovery more inclusive and sustainable, FI would continue to be our policy priority’. To measure the extent of financial inclusion in the country, he said it has been decided to construct and periodically publish a financial inclusion index (FII), and added that an announcement was made some time back about such an index.
He said the index will have parameters across the three dimensions, including access, usage and quality, and added that ‘work on FII is underway and the index will be published very shortly by the Reserve Bank’. Das said financial inclusion is a key driver of sustained and balanced economic growth, which helps reduce inequality and poverty, and while we have made tremendous strides on this aspect, the pandemic has created newer challenges and complexities. He noted ‘The financial system will have a crucial role to fulfil the aspirations and needs of our economy on the mend’.
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