Over time, great strides have been undertaken by successive governments at the behest of the central bank, several economists, and umpteen committee reports, to restore the operational independence of the Reserve Bank. I will touch upon three such areas of healthy progress.
This GIS Spatial Mapping of Financial Access Touch Points was supposed to provide insights in understanding the financial inclusion landscape and our quest to expand financial inclusion. As you will recall during the launch of the Third National FinAccess 2013 Survey Report of top line findings on 31st October 2013, I extended to you the invitation towards the launch we are witnessing today.