Tracking Performance of Small Finance Banks against Financial Inclusion Goals
The author works as a Research Associate with Dvara Research. The author acknowledges the contribution of Deepti George, Dwijaraj B, Madhu Srinivas, Sowmini G Prasad for their valuable inputs on the draft.
Have Small Finance Banks been able to meet financial inclusion goals?
Tracking Performance of Small Finance Banks against Financial Inclusion Goals
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