Microfinance & Strategy of Financial Inclusion in India

Gupta, Avnesh Kumar (2012): Microfinance & Strategy of Financial Inclusion in India. Published in: Journal of Economics & Sustainable Development , Vol. 03, No. 10 (1 October 2012): pp. 100-105.

Abstract

Abstract The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the role of microfinance in empowering the people and realization of government’s policy of financial inclusion in India. However, there are certain concerns about the efficiency of Microfinance Institutions in handling public money, their targeted growth, achievement of policy goals and demand and supply management of funds. Today, the Microfinance Institutions demand the government to empower them for mobilizing public savings. With increasing demand for rural finance and the inadequacies of formal sources of finance, the Microfinance Institutions have immense opportunities in the new incarnation of microcredit in India. However, in the light of recent experiences, and the need for qualitative economic growth, we suggest that Microfinance Institutions should be managed with better scrutiny in terms of finance and technology as well as social responsibility. This is to be of utmost importance in order to upgrade Microfinance Institutions from thrift and credit institutions to capacity-generating and livelihood- managing groups of people. Non-Governmental Organizations have played a commendable role in promoting Self Help Groups by linking them with banks. There is, therefore, a need to evolve an incentive based package which should motivate these NGOs to diversify themselves into other backward areas.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, Self Help Groups, Institutional Credit
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G18 - Government Policy and Regulation

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