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CH3 Money and Credit Notes
CH3 Money and Credit Notes
Evolution of Money
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Money
• Money is a medium of exchange because it serves as an intermediary in the exchange process.
• Many of our daily transactions are purchase or sale of goods and services using money.
• Money is used in exchanges because money can be traded for any goods or services.
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Currency
• Currency in the form of paper notes and coins is a modern form of money.
• Modern coins are not made of precious metals such as gold or silver. Paper is used to make currency notes.
• The true worth of modern coins and notes is less than their face value.
• The currency is authorised by the country's government for use as a means of exchange and must be accepted by payees.
• The Reserve Bank of India has the right to issue Indian currency on behalf of the Indian government.
• The law makes the Rupee a legal tender that cannot be refused in settling transactions in India.
• Thus, the rupee is widely accepted as a medium of exchange in India.
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Terms of credit
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• The interest rate, collateral and documentation required to receive loans all meet the terms of credit requirements.
3. Money and Credit
• When a lender gives a loan to a borrower, the interest rate is specified.
• A borrower is required to repay the money borrowed from the lenders and a certain amount of interest.
Self Help Group
• Lenders may demand collateral assets for some loans.
• Collateral is one of the borrowers' assets that is placed with the lender as security against default.
• It can include assets such as land, building, vehicle, livestock or deposits with banks.
• The lender can utilise the assets held as collateral until the loan is repaid in full.
• When a borrower fails to repay a loan, the lender has the right to sell the assets or collateral.
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Self-help groups
• A self-help group is an organisation made by and for the rural poor, in particular women, to pool (combine) their savings.
• A self-help group consists of 15 to 20 people who save money and regularly deposit it with the group.
• Savings vary from member to member, ranging from Rs 25 to Rs 100, depending on the individual's ability to save.
• The organisation's goal is to lend money to the members in need at a lower rate of interest than what moneylenders or banks charge.
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• The loan is granted in the name of the organisation and is intended to provide members with self-employment opportunities.
3. Money and Credit
• given to members to help them free mortgaged land or meet working capital needs.
• Any instance of a member failing to repay a loan is taken seriously by the other members of the group.
Self Help Group
• Because of this good record of repayment, banks are willing to lend to disadvantaged women who are organised in SHGs even if they have no collateral.
• SHGs help women to become financially self-reliant.
• The group's regular meetings also provide a forum for discussion and action on a number of social concerns such as health, nutrition and domestic abuse.
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