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The year 2017 was all about consent! The Supreme Court ruling on the right to privacy as a fundamental right has its implications for financial inclusion, as detailed by Malavika Raghavan(EPW, Vol. 52, Issue No. 51, 23 Dec, 2017). While the final hearing on Aadhaar PILs is scheduled for January, the Supreme Court has pushed the deadline for linking of Aadhaar to various government services and bank accounts to 31st March 2018. Also, the date for public feedback on the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India has been extended till January 31st 2018. The Airtel case, the Supreme Court judgement on privacy and the ongoing consultation on data protection all highlight the lesson for the year – banking and financial inclusion may be managed through technology but in the end, they are built on trust.Till the appropriate framework and legislation for consent architecture evolves over the year ahead, we can hope that consent will not be taken lightly by the government or industry. |
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• Indicus Blog:Banking beyond 2017 |
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• Financial inclusion: Long road still ahead in 2018 • Payments banks offer more options • Fino Payments Bank becomes Rajasthan government’s business correspondent • Reaping the benefits of inclusion • Why UIDAI action against Airtel will serve as a lesson to those misusing Aadhaar system • Coordination between conventional and differentiated banks important inclusive growth: RBI • How context informs drivers and barriers for value chain digitisation • RRBs net profit up 15% despite higher provisioning • How digital tools can help Colombian coffee growers • When Savings Aren’t Enough: How Low-Income Bangladeshis Use Loans • State of Play – Insights on the Evolution of Pakistan’s Mobile Money Agent Network • The Unrealised Potential of Mobile Wallets in Pakistan • The Clear Blue Water on the Other Side of the Digital Divide |
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• Household Perception & Impact of Bhamashah Digital Governance Reforms in Rajasthan, MicroSave, December 2017 |
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Editor: sumita@indicus.org The Indicus Centre for Financial Inclusion was launched in 2011 to distil and disseminate information on accelerating the poor’s access to high-quality financial services. ©Indicus Centre for Financial Inclusion. All rights reserved. 2thJanuary 2018. | |
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