All unbanked villages with population of more than 2000 persons, numbering around 74,000 are now connected with banks. iii. Number of BCs increased to 120,098 from 34,532.  iv. More than 70 million basic banking accounts have been opened to take the total number of such accounts to 147 million. v.  About 36 million people/families have been credit-linked.
In the context of this Workshop it is important to note that there has long been a statistical system of capturing both macro and micro-level data on measurement of financial inclusion in India, at least in respect of deposit and credit.