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title: "Financial Inclusion Definition and Importance"
description: "Financial inclusion ensures affordable access to financial services for all, especially underserved groups."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Financial inclusion is the process of ensuring affordable, timely access to formal financial services—savings, credit, insurance, payments and pensions—for all sections, especially the underserved.
- Which committee first formally defined financial inclusion in India?
- What is the JAM trinity and why is it significant?
- How does the RBI measure financial inclusion?
- What role do Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks play?

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