Financial Inclusion Index launched

By | September 25, 2018
(Last Updated On: September 26, 2018)
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
25 SEP 2018 7:42PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley launches the Financial Inclusion Index in New Delhi today; 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

The Union Minister of Finance 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 today. 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 includes 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 for 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.

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