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Borah, Kumud Chandra
- Financial Inclusion in India-An Overview
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1 Dept. of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Assam 786004, IN
2 Dept. of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 786004, IN
1 Dept. of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Assam 786004, IN
2 Dept. of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 786004, IN
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Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 6, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 127-137Abstract
Financial inclusion is a buzzword now and has attracted the global attention in the recent past. In India it is a new concept. Financial inclusion is a process that ensures the ease of access, availability and uses of the formal financial system for all members of an economy. As the banking services are in nature of public good, it is necessary that the entire population without discrimination of any kind should be facilitated with banking and payment services. This could be achieved either by state intervention through law enactment or through initiative of the banking community for admitting people from all layers of society within ambits of banking sector. Financial access can boost the financial condition and standards of life of the poor and disadvantaged. So RBI has been constantly encouraging the banking sector to develop the banking network both through setting up of new branch installation of new ATMs, implementation of EBT and also through BC model by leveraging upon the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In this article an attempt has been made to focus on the RBI and GoI initiatives and policy measures, current status and future prospects of financial inclusion in India on the basis of facts and data provided by various secondary sources.Keywords
Financial Inclusion, BC Model, ICT, EBT, RBI Initiatives, GOI Policies.- Determinants of Rural Nonfarm Employment:A Study in Dibrugarh District of Assam
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1 Department of Economics, Dakha Devi Rasiwasia College, Dibrugarh University, IN
2 Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, IN
3 Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, IN
1 Department of Economics, Dakha Devi Rasiwasia College, Dibrugarh University, IN
2 Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, IN
3 Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, IN
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Journal of Rural Development, Vol 36, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 379-396Abstract
Rural Non-farm sector has gained considerable importance as an alternative strategy for generating employment, reducing poverty, achieving higher rate of growth and development of rural areas. Majority of rural people nowadays are engaged in a variety of non-farm activities besides involving in farming which is their major activity. This study tries to assess the rural employment situation and also attempts to identify the factors which influence rural workforce to participate in non-farm employment as principal occupation. The study is based on primary data collected through field survey in two blocks of Dibrugarh district of Assam. In order to analyse the determinants that influence workforce to undertake non-farm activity as principal occupation, a Binary Logistic Regression Model is used. Five factors namely, land size, education level, household size, age and ratio of non-farm income to farm income have turned out to be significant determinants of rural non-farm employment.References
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