• Ms Prasanna Prakash

Inclusive growth means economic development that creates employment opportunities and helps in reducing poverty. It helps in having access to essential services in health and education by the poor. Economic growth results from labour force growth and productivity growth of workers in the grass root level. Financial Inclusion is the most important aspects in the present scenario for inclusive growth and development of the country. It is considered as an effective means to sustainable economic growth and is intended to ensure that each citizen of the country is able to use their earnings a national financial resource for redeployment in productive sectors of the economy. It aims to establish proper financial institutions to cater to the needs of the poor people. Inclusive growth implies direct links between the macroeconomic and microeconomic determinants of the economy and economic growth. The main objective of the present study is to understand Government initiatives for financial inclusion in India and also to examine the role of financial inclusion in inclusive growth. The present study is descriptive and analytical in nature and is based on secondary data. It is concluded that the various schemes initiated by the Government of India is contributing towards the inclusive growth and thereby the economic development of the country.

Inclusive Growth, Financial Inclusion, Government Initiatives, Economic Development

"Inclusive Growth through Government Programmes/Schemes in India- An Evaluative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.2013-2016, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004476.pdf

"Inclusive Growth through Government Programmes/Schemes in India- An Evaluative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp2013-2016, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004476.pdf