Chart 3 Occupational credit  Financial inclusion In the context of financial inclusion initiative taken by the Reserve Bank, the banks are being sensitised to pursue the inclusive drive. It may be observed that the progress of banking in terms of the branch expansion was stagnant during the period 2007 to 2010 though there was an improvement in terms of deposits and credit expansion.
Due to the recent initiatives  8  BIS central bankers’ speeches  taken by the Reserve Bank, the number of branches has increased from 37 in 2010 to 42 in 2011 (Chart 4). Source: BSR, RBI. Further, in pursuance of the overall financial inclusion strategy, a total of 47 villages with population over 1,000 were identified in the three districts of ANI.