The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley launches the Financial Inclusion Index in New Delhi; The Single Composite Index to give a snap shot of level of financial inclusion that would guide Macro Policy perspective; Can be used directly as a composite measure in development indicators

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....he Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley launches the Financial Inclusion Index in New Delhi; The Single Composite Index to give a snap shot of level of financial inclusion that would guide Macro Policy perspective; Can be used directly as a composite measure in development indicators <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 26-9-2018<br><BR>The Union Minister of Finance ....

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....and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley launched the Financial Inclusion Index after his Annual Performance Review Meeting with CEOs of the Public Sector Banks in New Delhi. Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance will release an Annual Financial Inclusion Index (FII) which will be a measure of access and usage of a basket of formal financial products and services that include....

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....s savings, remittances, credit, insurance and pension products. The index will have three measurement dimensions; (i) Access to financial services (ii) Usage of financial services and (3) Quality. The single composite index gives a snap shot of level of financial inclusion that would guide Macro Policy perspective. The various components of the index will also help to measure financial services f....

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....or use of internal policy making. Financial Inclusion Index can be used directly as a composite measure in development indicators. It enables fulfilment of G20 Financial Inclusion Indicators requirements. It will also facilitate researchers to study the impact of financial inclusion and other macro-economic variables. This will be released on January, 2019.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....