FINANCIAL INCLUSION INDEX (FII)
Topic - inclusive growth and issue arising from it
paper GS3 mains
- The reserve bank of India introduced a financial inclusion index to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country.
- FII includes the details of banking, investment, insurance, postal, and pension sectors.
- It capture information on various aspects of financial inclusion in a single value ranging between 0 to 100, where
- 0 = represents complete financial exclusion
- 100= represents complete financial inclusion
- The index comprises the 3 broad parameters:
- Access - weight 35%
- Usage - weight 45%
- Quality- weight 20%
- The Index is responsive to ease of access availability, usage of services and quality of services comprising in all 97 indicators.
A unique features of the index is the quality parameter - which capture of financial inclusion as reflected by financial literacy, consumer protection, inequalities and deficiency in services.
Note- FII will be published in every year in July.
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Monetary policy = repo rate, reverse repo rate
sources
https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FS_PressRelease.aspx?prid=52068&fn=2754
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