India has a majority percentage of population in rural areas and still in large areas, literary percentage is low in … channels with a better perception of security in use of these channels. Demonetization in India 2016 has created enough … mother tongue friendly mode are a welcome step and is likely to give a major thrust in rural India and will ultimately help …

This paper examines the causal effect of bank credit expansion on fertility by exploiting exogenous increases in bank … staggered difference-in-difference methods to estimate the causal effect of credit expansion on fertility rates and maternal age …. I find that credit expansion reduces fertility rates by 7 percent and increases maternal age by 0.37 percent. I also …