RBI Releases 5-Year National Strategy For Financial Education

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday released a national strategy for financial education to be implemented in the next five years.

The central bank said that the multi-stakeholder led approach is aimed at creating a financially aware and empowered India.

The strategic objectives include inculcating financial literacy concepts among various sections of the population through financial education to make them an important life skill. Besides encouraging active savings behaviour, it will encourage participation in financial markets to meet financial goals and objectives.

The strategy will develop credit discipline and encourage availing credit from formal financial institutions as per requirement. Besides, it will improve the usage of digital financial services in a safe and secure manner.

The objectives include managing risk at various life stages through relevant and suitable insurance cover besides planning for old age and retirement through coverage of suitable pension products.

It also includes knowledge about rights, duties and avenues for grievance redressal. It will improve research and evaluation methods to assess progress in financial education.