Financial Inclusion Schemes in India

Firdous Ahmad Malik is a Senior Research Associate at Jindal Center for Global South O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. He has published papers in Springer, Elsevier, Taylor Francis and other Scopus indexed journals. His research focuses on financial behaviour of the poorest of the poor, financial inclusion, and financial literacy; specializing in Microfinance, Development Economics, Urban-Rural Poverty, Monetary Economics, Public Finance and Inclusive Education. D. K. Yadav is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, India. He has published papers in Springer, Elsevier, and other Scopus indexed journals. He has 12 years of teaching experience in Economics (Money and banking, public finance and econometrics). His research focuses on Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics: Policy Evaluation in Microfinance, poverty and informal economy, Money and Banking and Financial Institutions, Monetary Economics, and Public Finance.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Financial Theories and Their Relevance in Financial Inclusion.- Chapter 3: Impact of Recent Financial Inclusion Schemes on Status of Financial inclusion in India: Secondary Data Analysis.- Chapter 4 Socio-Economic Conditions and Pattern of Access and Non-Access in Recent Financial Inclusion Schemes of the Poorest of Poor.- Chapter 5: Financial Inclusion Schemes and Changing Socio Economic Status of Poorest of The Poor.- Chapter 6: Impact of Recent Financial Inclusion Schemes on Economic and Financial Behaviour of Poorest of the Poor.- Chapter 7 Conclusions, Findings and Recommendation.- Bibliography.- Appendixes.