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Financial inclusion as a mission is at a crossroad. The equation that defines the process of inclusion is stated to be as follows Financial inclusion = financial awareness + access to finance. The roadblocks to the process of inclusion have

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‘Roti, kapda aur makan’ was the original development slogan encapsulating the poverty alleviation programme in India. It has now changed to ‘bijli, sadak aur paani’. But the essence of the development strategy hasn’t really changed. What has changed is the