Increase in rural to urban migration flows in recent decades has been an important element of economic integration at both the global and regional levels, notably in India. The global financial crisis has put a temporary halt to this trend and even in India also global crisis impact was there...

This paper analyses the need, significance and the advantages of ‘reforms in institutional finance for inclusive growth' in the context of Indian economy and offers some practicable suggestions from the functional perspective. India's Rural Financial Architecture (RFA) is subject to systemic...