Financial Literacy Initiative undertaken by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Basic Financial Education
RBI has prescribed the following content for basic financial education:
Financial Literacy guide, Financial Diary and set of 16 posters prepared by RBI
Special camps booklet prepared by NCFE for people newly inducted into the financial system which captures the fundamental tenets of financial wellbeing such as savings, borrowings, concept of interest and compounding, time value of money, inflation, relation between risk and rewards etc.
Sector Focused Financial Education
The content covers relevant topics in the banking sector such as ATMs, payment systems such as NEFT, UPI, USSD, awareness about sachet portal, keeping away from Ponzi schemes, fictitious emails/calls, KYC, Exercising Credit Discipline, Business Correspondents etc. A Financial Awareness Messages (FAME) booklet comprising of 20 messages for the general public and five Posters on financial literacy for the Financial Literacy Week have been made available on the Financial Education webpage of RBI’s website.
Public Awareness Campaign
- Important press releases, statements, regulatory guidelines, speeches, clarifications and events are tweeted on RBI’s twitter handle ‘@RBI‘ and videos are relayed on RBI’s YouTube link. A separate Twitter handle ‘@RBI says‘ and Facebook page ‘RBI Says’ publish messages and information of interest for greater awareness and understanding of the Bank’s functions. Reserve Bank of India envisages limited two-way communication and engagement over social media and monitors its social media presence.
- Over the years, RBI is constantly reaching out to the common man through outreach programmes, financial literacy initiatives, space in mass media and social media platforms, etc. Reserve Bank of India also empowers the members of public by informing them about facilities and services to expect from banks and financial institutions through ‘Public awareness campaign’ which aims to educate the members of public regarding their rights and responsibilities in banking related matters. The campaigns are done on a regular basis in newspaper, TV, Radio, Cinema, Digital channels, SMS and hoardings, under the tagline ‘RBI Kehta Hai‘.
- For the video spots, at present, some cricketers and badminton players who are employees of the Reserve Bank of India and also are a part of various IPL/PBL teams have been roped in. The stories in these video spots work at many levels. Apart from the main message, the story line also builds an immediate emotional connect with the audience and the conversational script helps keep human interest alive in a dry subject like nitty gritty of a bank account.
- The public awareness campaign of the Reserve Bank of India started in 2017 and gathered steam in 2018. Advertisements on Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA), Safe Digital Banking, Limited Liability and Ease of Banking for Senior Citizens were released in popular events such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Asian Games, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Pro Kabbadi League, Pro Badminton League and India-New Zealand One Day International.
- A film on BSBDAs explains how opening of this account obviates the requirement of minimum balance. A film on Safe Digital Banking cautions the public about sharing card and PIN details while carrying out digital transactions. Another film on Limited Liability explains the recourse available in the event of card fraud. A film on ‘Ease of Banking for Senior Citizens’ elucidates facilities like doorstep banking available for senior citizens. These films, using cricketers and badminton players, who are employees of the Reserve Bank of India, were widely disseminated in media advertisements.
- A unique feature of the public awareness campaign is the missed call element: upon giving a missed call to the number 14440, the caller will receive information through a pre-recorded Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS), avoiding the miscommunication or over-communication of a call centre approach. In the non-Hindi speaking regions, mobile phone subscribers receive messages in English and regional languages, so that the connect with common person is immediate and all encompassing.
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- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Exercise Credit Discipline
- Grievance Redressal
- Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
- For Entrepreneuers
- For Trainers
- Currency Note Posters
- Fictitious Mail
- I Can Do-Financial Planning
- Trainers guide for conducting financial literacy camp
- Financial Awareness Messages - English
- Banking Ombudsman
- Good practices for a safe digital banking experience
- Know your Liability for unauthorized electronic banking transaction
- Risk vs Return
- Customer Liability- Unauthorized Electronic Banking Transaction 1
- Good Practices for Safe Digital Banking Experience 1
- Know how to lodge your complaints
- Risk vs Return 1
