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Financial Inclusion: A Step towards Eradicate Poverty

Received: 25 April 2015     Accepted: 25 May 2015     Published: 26 May 2015
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Abstract

This study seeks to search out the relationship between Financial Inclusion & Poverty and how Financial Inclusion can help to reduce poverty in India. For this study, data have been collected from secondary sources and simple average methods have been applied. Result shows Financial Inclusion to be offering incremental and complementary solutions to tackle poverty which can promote the inclusive development. This study finds that since 2005 i.e., after launching of Financial Inclusion in India, the rate of poverty had been declining at 3 fold rate.

Published in American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Business (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajtab.20150101.14
Page(s) 21-26
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Keywords

Financial Inclusion, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Economic Development

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