Share of ICT based accounts have increased substantially – Percentage of ICT accounts to total BSBDAs has increased from 25% in March 10 to 45% in March 13  •  With the addition of nearly 9.48 million farm sector households during this period, 33.8 million households have been provided with small entrepreneurial credit as at the end of March 2013  •  With the addition of nearly 2.25 million non-farm sector households during this period, 3.6 million households have been provided with small entrepreneurial credit as at the end of March 2013.
•  About 490 million transactions have been carried out in ICT based accounts through BCs during the three year period. II. The relevance of international standards and principles for stretching a retail payment services beyond domestic boundaries  11. It is my considered opinion that the international community for too long has not accorded adequate importance to the retail payment system.