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Fund
Authority
National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE) Report
(2019) on Financial Literacy and Inclusion in India
• Financial Literacy and Inclusion
Survey was conducted in 2018-19
• As compared to global figure on
achieving minimum target score for
inclusion in financially literate group,
Indian figures appear better on
financial behaviour (53%) and
attitude (89%), while it is slightly
lower for financial knowledge (49%).
• The survey found that, on an average,
only 27% of Indian population was
financially literate. This was higher
than 2013 survey figure (of 20%).
DISTRIBUTION OF
RESPONDENTS
QUALIFYING BY SCORES
FOR COMPONENTS OF
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Central
East
North
Education
Investor
&
Protection
IEPF
Financial
Attitude
>=3 points
Financial
Behaviour
>= 6 points
% of Respondents Qualifying for
Financial Knowledge
Financial Literacy
>= 6 points
>= 15 points
5 points
9 points
8 points
88%
51%
41%
22 points
21%
92%
52%
31%
20%
91%
53%
56%
32%
NorthEast
84%
47%
56%
33%
South
West
88%
52%
64%
30%
85%
61%
52%
37%
All-India
89%
53%
49%
Figure 2. Financial Literacy Score
27%
(Source: Adopted from NCFE report (2019) on financial literacy)
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Prof. Kamakhya Nr. Singh. IEPFA Research ChairView entire presentation