The objective of the paper is to examine the impact of education and awareness about financial services on ability to use financial services. Data have been collected randomly from three villages of West Bengal. Household is considered as the sampling unit. Data is analyzed using the Statistical...

Financial Inclusion is a one of the major realms of concern for the researchers and policy makers. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) is a major step towards Financial Inclusion in India. This scheme has helped the marginalized section to own bank account but still miles to be achieved. The...

This paper attempts to examine the role of telecom and socio economic variable to achieve financial inclusion. Awareness, Usability and Ability of using services are the three constructs related with financial inclusion and telecom variables. Community, Infrastructure and Education are the three...

romoting financial inclusion is one of the major development goal of SAARC countries. Financial inclusion is essential to reducing extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The main aim of this paper is to examine the impact of education, gender, income and country income group on...

Financial Inclusion is vital for abolition of poverty and boosting equality in the society. Telecommunication is emerging as a key driver for economic and social development in knowledge intensive global scenario. Telecom is playing a significant role in bringing financial services to remote...

Financial Inclusion consists of the steps towards including vulnerable groups in financial services at an affordable cost. The present study is based on impact of caste and religion, taken as two independent Variables, on the number of accounts opened with the bank, keeping education as...

This paper employs an empirical approach for identifying the presence and change of economic integration, as suggested by their stock markets, among BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. It further analyses the change in the integration and Causal relationships of stock markets of...

In the background of globalization, economic assimilation and integration among countries and their financial markets is evident. The interdependency among major world stock markets has also increased. This paper examines the relationships between selected Asian and US stock markets. It covers...

In the light of the current economic slowdown, liquidity distress worldwide and looming drought in India, it becomes important to study the performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRB's) and their role to bolster the rural economy. The given paper aims to take an overview of the rural banking...

Any study of financial markets during a financial crisis always gives important findings. The time period in this study includes the time period which went into the making of the U.S. financial crisis. It analyzes the trend and tries to study the performance as well as persistence in...