The RBI constructed a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country. According to the RBI, the FI-Index comprises three sub-indices:
Access — availability of financial services (bank branches, ATMs, etc.)
Usage — actual utilisation of financial products and services
Quality — quality of financial services, including financial literacy and consumer protection
The index is published annually in July and captures information on banking, investments, insurance, postal, and pension sectors.
Source:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=154980&ModuleId=3®=3&lang=1
The Notification for the Civil Services Examination, 2021 was released by the Commission on March 04, 2021. The notification contains all the details related to the examination dates, number of vacancies, eligibility criteria, syllabus, application process, fee, exam centers etc. The exam is being conducted to fill in 712 vacancies as listed in the notification with 22 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability. The Preliminary examination will be held on October 10 2021. Candidates can visit the Commission’s website to fill the application form. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications have been provided on the website. The application window was closed on March 24 2021. The admit cards for the Preliminary Examination were made available from September 16 2021. The admit cards can be downloaded from the Commission’s website on the above mentioned link.