Financial Inclusion in India
exclusion and its direct correlation to poverty'. With that, achieving FI became a common objective for many central banks and Governments among the developing nations.
In India, the big push came on April 26, 2010, when Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as part of its FI mandate issued guidelines to Banks for delivery of financial services through the Common Services Centres (CSCs). The RBI in its Annual Policy Statement for the year 2010-11, allowed banks to engage companies (excluding Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, as Business Correspondents (BCs) in addition to individuals/entities permitted earlier. Further, the RBI allowed banks to engage the Common Service Centres' Operators / Village Level Entrepreneurs as BCs.
Further, February 15, 2011 was another landmark day, as “Swabhiman” Scheme was formally launched. The objective of the Scheme is to "make banking facility available to all citizens". Besides this, Department of Financial Services, Government of India issued instructions to Banks to appoint CSC as the Business Correspondent. Specifically, these initiatives and some other related developments set in motion the financial inclusion agenda in the country.
Registration Process for “BANK MITR EXAM”:
The below process flow depicts the life cycle of becoming “BANK MITR” from VLE.
Commission:
Initial implementations indicated that when banking is linked with disbursement of rural Government scheme benefits and wages, a BC can earn a minimum of Rs. 3000 per month, per CSP. Currently many VLEs are earning more than Rs. 20, 000 per month.
- Video Guide:
- How to register for Bank Mitra https://youtu.be/ZjE7A8iid54
- https://youtu.be/on0OmstBXgg
- https://youtu.be/za04uhudQTA
- https://youtu.be/KvLOpoBT7gE
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