Financial inclusion and the impact of financial inclusion on socio-
economic development. The chapter concluded with research gap and proposed model on the basis of reviewed literature. 2. and Uttar Pradesh have high financial inclusion, under the medium category Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and West Bengal are falling 3. unemployment and disparities in income distribution can be reduced through financial inclusion, and micro 4. negative influence on deposit penetration. Level of economic condition is a vital determinant of financial inclusion 5. the number of households with a Bank Account. Although 36% of the sample remained excluded from any kind of formal or 6. the role of financial inclusion in empowering rural households in India. Found that 7. empowerment of poor, and low skilled rural households. It aims at lifting the financial condition, improving the standard of living, giving access to affordable financial services especially credit 8. annual income, age group and ownership of occupied house influence financial inclusion from demand side. Whereas media exposure, typology (rural/urban), gender issues, exposure to radio and marital status 9. Sarma (2010) Measured the extent of financial inclusion across different economies and monitored progress with respect to financial inclusion over time. 10. penetration, availability and usage are the indicators of financial inclusion. Austria tops the chart of International Financial Inclusion amongst 49 economies with an IFI value of 0.953 11. the impact of access to financial services on household investment. 12. that an access to financial services enables households to invest in activities which leads to 13. growth. It was also revealed that if barriers viz. high charges, minimum balance requirement, lack of financial literacy are reduced then it can instigate investments thus contributing to growth and poverty reduction. 14. study the breadth & depth of financial inclusion in rural south India and also validate the claims of financial reach & breadth. 15. middle caste people having informal loans and households with low level of education are likely to be financially excluded. 16. Anjuman (2011) Analysed the impact of SHG- bank linkage program on promotion of financial inclusion, assessed association between the degree of financial inclusion participation in SHGs and also determined the gender equity in financial inclusion. 17. significant impact on the access to financial services in terms of borrowing by households. 18. SHG bank linkage program augmented the gradation of financial inclusion among the landless but no linkage could be inferred 19. Pais (2011) Examined the relationship between financial inclusion & development and investigated the factors associated with financial inclusion. 20. socio-economic variables (GDP per capita, higher income level, literacy and urbanization) and 2) infrastructural variables (network of paved road, telephone 21. there exists no difference between Haryana & India regarding availability of banking services in terms of population per Bank office. 22. Rachana (2011) Studied financial inclusion in rural areas, determined the reasons for low inclusion, satisfaction level of the rural people towards banking services and assessed the performance of the banks working in rural areas. 17% of the sample 23. lower educational qualification and lower annual income of rural public. Rural people were not much satisfied with the services provided by Banks, NGOs and government. Although banks have a good rural coverage yet most of them are 24. Pandey& Kumar (2011) Focussed upon the achievement of the micro finance services towards financial inclusion. Micro finance institutions 25. NGOs, MFI, cooperatives, SHGs and NBFCs are constantly connecting the poor with NABARD, RRBs, SIDBI and other commercial banks to 26. Sahoo (2011) Examined the role of micro finance in empowering people and realization of financial inclusion in India. While 54% of the farmers are financially excluded, 73% don't have an access to formal sources of credit. 27. only 45% of these households are indebted to either formal or non- formal sources of finance. 28. Critically analyzed the spread of SCBs and progress of the SHG- bank linkage program. 29. literacy has a very high impact on poverty alleviation and hunger reduction. 30. Venkataramaraju& Ramesh (2011) Focussed on various aspects of financial inclusion in India, UK & US in conjunction with an analysis of its outcome in India and factors influencing it. 31. limited literacy, level of income, terms & conditions, complicated procedures, legal identity, psychological and cultural barriers, place of living and lack of awareness. 32. Goel et al. (2011) Aimed to show how the banking correspondent model can create financial inclusivity and help in empowering people. Also evaluated the impact of the BC model in India so far. 33. Kumar & Sharma (2011) Studied the extent of financial inclusion in India through micro finance and discussed the required means for people empowerment & financial inclusion. 34. Swamy (2011) Evaluated the coverage, progress & trends of financial inclusion in India. Coverage through number of banks is not adequate enough for the large population living in rural areas. 35. six regions of the country viz., northern, north-eastern, eastern, central, western & southern regions. Agri-credit as a ratio of total credit is still below the level of 1970's 36. continuous downslide in the contribution of agriculture to the GDP. Large number 37. Prasannakumari (2011) Examined the role of financial inclusion on rural development through micro finance beneficiaries in Rajapalayam block of Virudhnagar district of Tamil Nadu. Also to study the relationship between financial inclusion & 38. Bihari (2011) Introduced the term financial inclusion highlighted its global & national scenario. Also presented the 39. Lack of awareness, unsuitability of the financial products, unfriendly &unempathetic attitude attitude and exorbitant & often times non- transparent fees 40. side factors whereas high transaction costs, lack of infrastructure, lack of communication, and low literacy levels 41. Latif et al. (2011) Investigated the sustainability of micro-credit system in Pakistan and determined its impact on poverty alleviation. 42. Examined the relationship between financial inclusion & economic development and also determined the factors associated with financial inclusion. 43. economic development. No significant difference exists amongst Indian states with regard to financial inclusion. The study also shows that per capita NSDP directly predicts financial inclusion while employment rate does not. Among social development indicators, urbanization positively explores financial inclusion while literacy rate, urban population as per cent of total population & sex ratio does not. 44. measure the inter-state variations in the access to finance using a composite index of financial inclusion and to identify factors that are responsible for creating obstacles in the process of financial inclusion in rural West Bengal. 45. of financial inclusion the results showed that Chandigarh is at the top and Manipur is at the bottom among different states of India. District-wise variation is not so distinguishing because most of the districts belong to lower financial inclusion category. 46. economic status of the household, level of education, assets holding,rural development, non-farm employment 47. positive correlation between financial inclusion and human development i.e., higher the level of financial inclusion higher will be the level of 48. assess the relationship between financial inclusion and growing of Indian banking system. The study revealed that there exists a positive correlation between growth of banking system 49. that financial inclusion leads to economic growth, raising standard of living, equality, etc. 29 Ramasubbian&Duraiswamy (2012) Analysed the issues pertaining to implementation of financial inclusion in economically down trodden district of Tamil Nadu. 50. granting overdraft facilities in savings bank accounts & providing banking services at the doorstep of villages through smart card 51. banks had been entrusted with the task of implementing financial inclusion 52. Thangavel (2012) Analysed the impact of SHG bank linkage programme in the promotion of financial inclusion in rural areas and role of bank in the upliftment of landless SHG members. 53. majority of SHG members viz. 33.9% have savings in post office/insurance only 18.15% 54. members have savings in bank accounts. Institutional credit to landless members is available only through SHG. 55. society, who do not have any access to the formal banking system, at affordable costs. 32 Gupte et al. (2012) Aimed to study the determinants that measure the extent of financial inclusion and focussed on the computation of an index that would comprehensively capture the impact of 56. outreach i.e., penetration & accessibility is directly proportional to the financial inclusion index. Furthermore, it was also disclosed that there is a direct relationship between the usage & other variables viz. volume of deposits & loans as a percent of GDP. In 57. case of ease of transactions, the number of location to open deposits/loan account & submit loan application, these 2 variables are directly related to dimension