  About 4904 lakh transactions have been carried out in ICT based accounts through BCs during the three year period  16. It is important to analyse this progress against the some disconcerting trends that were noticed in the run up to the structured Financial Inclusion initiatives that the banks launched since 2010 onwards.
First, the number of banked centres in the country between 1991 and 2007 had actually come down (from 35236 to 34471). Second, the number of rural branches during the same period had also declined significantly (from 35206 to 30409). Against this backdrop, the progress made during 2010–13 is certainly remarkable. Financial Inclusion Plan 2013–16 17.