Arbitrary pricing of banking products, services must be avoided: Chakrabarty

12 Feb 2013 Evaluate

With an aim to push banks to pursue its twin objectives of enhancing financial literacy and achieving financial inclusion, Deputy Governor RBI K C Chakrabarty said, arbitrary pricing of banking products and services must be avoided to bring these within the reach of the common man, which will help bring the marginalized sections of society to the mainstream.

While addressing an event on ‘Banking as a Fundamental Right of People’, Chakrabarty said, banking services have to be made accessible close to where the individual needs them, at prices he can afford, and in a transparent manner.

Concerned over the banks’ financial inclusion efforts, he said the banking system despite being in existence for more than 200 years and several banks credited with more than 100 years of service, financial inclusion drive have not achieved the desired results. Way back in 2005, the RBI had launched a drive to extend banking services to all inhabitations in the country, considering the widespread exclusion of people from financial mainstream.

Banking services are now available in over two lakh villages, but about four lakh villages still have no access to the services. Further, as per Chakrabarty, banking services can be extended to un-banked centres in both rural and urban areas by leveraging on technology. Moreover, on taxation policies, he wants a complete restructuring of the policies taking away unnecessary and unreasonable exemptions and concessions.

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