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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (transl. Prime Minister's Public Finance Scheme) is a financial inclusion program of the Government of India open to Indian citizens (minors of age 10 and older can also open an account with a guardian to manage it), that aims to expand affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.
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India is the world's top receiver of remittances, claiming more than 12% of the world's remittances in 2015. [1] [2] Remittances to India stood at US$125 billion in 2023, up from US$69 billion in 2017. Remittances from India to other countries totalled US$5.710 billion in 2017, for a net inflow of US$63.258 billion in 2017. [3] [4] [5]
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is an Indian state-owned mobile payment app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Launched on 30 December 2016, [ 1 ] it is intended to facilitate e-payments directly through banks and encourage cashless transactions.
Growing availability of Internet connected services and the issuance of 1.3 billion biometric ID numbers in the region has made it easier for Indian customers to open bank accounts and use electronic payment systems. As of 2023 there are 907.4 million internet users in India (64% of the population), a 35% increase since 2018.
To open an account, one has to satisfy the bank's KYC (Know Your Customer) norms. For the un-banked, providing a valid identity is a challenge. To that end, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has embarked on a mission to offer a single source of identity verification which can also be used to open bank accounts. Managing the ...
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an Indian instant payment system as well as protocol developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016. The interface facilitates inter-bank peer-to-peer (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions.
The DEA (Department of Economic Affairs), Ministry of Finance, Government of India along with Reserve Bank of India, monitors and regulates ECB guidelines and policies. Most of these loans are provided by foreign commercial banks and other institutions. During the 2012, contribution of ECBs was between 20 and 35 percent of the total capital ...