As I have already mentioned, RBI has issued guidelines advising banks to offer a “Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account” without any minimum balance and provision of basic services without any charges (subject to limitations of operations), thus, conferring a right to every citizen to have a bank account.
I would also like to extend our gratitude to our external partners, namely the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) and the African Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).