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Financial Inclusion: FI-Index and Banking Access
Financial inclusion in India is now read on two gauges: the Reserve Bank's Financial Inclusion Index, which rose to 70.0 for the year to March 2026 from 67.0, and the physical reach of banking, which the government says covers 99.92% of inhabited villages within five kilometres of an outlet.
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India Post Payments Bank marked its ninth foundation day and launched three digital platforms - a DakPay Sound Box for merchants, an insurance technology platform and a mutual-fund platform. Added its March 2026 scorecard: 13.25 crore customers (77 percent rural, 49 percent women), Rs 29,104 crore of deposits and Rs 21.61 lakh crore of digital transactions.
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