*Doctoral Student, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
**Retired, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Currently associated with IMI Delhi as a professor
Online published on 29 November, 2014.
The relationship between financial inclusion and economic growth has received considerable attention by the policymakers in many countries. Financial inclusion has moved up the global reform agenda, and has become a topic of great interest for policy makers, regulators, researchers, market practitioners, and other stakeholders. The increased emphasis on financial inclusion reflects a growing realization of its potentially transformative power to accelerate development gains. This paper recognizes the overwhelming efforts of the Governments of different countries toward achieving goals of financial inclusion.