The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today released financial literacy material consisting of financial literacy guide, financial diary and a set of 16 posters for use by banks and all other stakeholders in four regional languages, namely, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu and Urdu.

The Reserve Bank has advised banks to use the financial literacy material while conducting camps as per the operational guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank on January 31, 2013. At that time, the Reserve Bank had released the material in Hindi and English. Banks have been asked to approach the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) of respective states for supply of printed material. The material in remaining seven regional languages, i.e., Assamese, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi and Tamil will be released shortly.

Alpana Killawala

Principal Chief General Manager

Financial literacy material now available in regional languages; banks must use it in camps per operational guidelines. The Reserve Bank released financial literacy publications in four regional languages and earlier in Hindi and English; banks are advised to use these materials in financial literacy camps per the Reserve Bank's operational guidelines of January 31, 2013, and to obtain printed copies from the State Level Bankers' Committee, with remaining regional languages to be released shortly.