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QUESTIONNAIRE-I

BANKERS’ VIEWPOINT ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION


Name of the Bank: ___________________ Location: ______________________
Area of Operation: ____________________

1. To what extent, you agree with the following financial inclusion initiatives by GOI.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Aadhaar Card-UIDAI
2 DBTL for LPG Subsidy
3 MNREGA
4 Pension
5 PMJDY
6 Any Other
2. To what extent, you agree with the following financial inclusion initiatives by RBI.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Opening No-Frills Account
2 ATM-cum-Debit Card
3 Kisan Credit Card/GCC
4 Financing to SHGs and MFIs
5 Appointment of BC/BF/
Bank Mitr
6 Any Other
3. To what extent, you agree with the following schemes/offers made to open the
account in a bank.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Relaxing KYC Norms
2 ATM Card Facility
3 Accidental Insurance Cover
4 Offering Overdraft facility
5 Credit at Lower Interest Rates
6 Any Other
4. To what extent, you agree with the following channels used by your bank for
creating awareness and publicity about financial inclusion.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Newspaper Advertisement
2 Advertisements on Local
Cable T.V. or Radio

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3 Banners/Pamphlets/Leaflet
4 Door to Door Campaign
5 Special Camps in Villages
6 Any Other
5. To what extent, you agree with the following schemes of financial inclusion which
got the maximum response.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 No-Frill’s Account
2 MNREGA
3 PMJDY
4 Pension /Scholarship/
DBTL for LPG Subsidy
5 ATM-cum-Debit Card/Kisan
Credit Card/GRC
6 Any Other
6. To what extent, you agree with the following strategies adopted to increase the
outreach of financial inclusion.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Appointing special Sales
Team
2 Special campaign for
Rural Area
3 Organizing special
Financial Literacy Camps
4 Appointing BC/BF or
Bank Mitr
5 Kiosk marketing in villages/
/Special FI Desks
6 Any Other
7. To what extent, you agree with the appointment of the following personnel for
promotion of financial inclusion schemes.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Appointment of Business
Correspondents
2 Appointment of Bank Facilitator
3 Appointment of Bank Mitr
4 Small Brick and Mortar Branch
5 Any Other

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8. To what extent, you agree with profile of the personnel appointed as BC/BF/Bank
Mitr.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 NGOs/ SHGs
2 Micro Finance Institutions
3 Retired Teachers/Bank
Employees
4 Post Office Saving Agents
5 Educated Unemployed Youths
6 Any Other
9. To what extent, you agree with the following reasons for appointing BC/BF/Bank
Mitr.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Saving in the cost of opening
brick and mortar Branch
2 Customer’s trust on local
person (s)
3 Generating more business
4 Ensuring effective banking
services at doorsteps
5 Including have-nots in the
financial mainstream
6 Any Other
10. To what extent, you agree with the following programs for promoting financial
inclusion.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Sponsoring the Village Events
2 Financial Literacy
Camps in the Service Areas
3 Special Deposit and Loan Mela.
4 Announcements by Audio-
Visual Mobile Van
5 Relaxing KYC Norms
6 Any Other
11. To what extent, you agree with the following technology options used most for
promoting financial inclusion.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Use of Biometric Machine by
BC/BF/Bank Mitr
2 Use of Mobile/Internet Banking

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3 Sending SMS after every
transaction
4 Fixing Automatic Cash
Depositing Machine/Passbook
Printing Machine
5 Installing ATMs
6 Any Other
12. To what extent, you agree with the following impacts of financial inclusion benefits
to beneficiaries on the business of bank.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Valued Customers could not
be served better
2 Increase in Operating cost
3 Low efficiency due to
increased work pressure
4 Increased in NPAs
5 Increase in overall profits
6 Any Other
Overall Cronbach’s Alpha Value: 0.803

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QUESTIONNAIRE-II
IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION ON BENEFICIARIES

District: ………………Village: ………………….. Bank Branch: …………..


1. Name (Optional): ………………………….. Age (Years): …………….
2. Gender: Male/Female
3. Occupation:
a) Farmer/Agricultural Labour b) Self Employed c) Non-Agricultural Labour
d) Unemployed
4. Educational Qualifications:
a) Illiterate b) Metric c) 10+2/ Intermediate
d) Less than Graduate
5. Monthly Income (Rs.)
a) Upto 5000 b) Rs.5001-10000 c) 10001-15000
d) 15001 and above
6. Distance of the bank from your residence
a) Less than 1 K.M. b) 1-3 K.M. c) 4-7 K.M.
d) More than7 K.M.
7. To what extent, you agree with the following problems in availing the benefit of a
FI Scheme.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Cumbersome Process of Opening
the Account
2 Non-Cooperation of Bank Officials
3 Lack of Personal Attention
4 Difficulty in Obtaining Loan
5 Lack of Knowledge to Operate
the Bank Account
6 Any Other
8. To what extent, you agree that the attitude of bank officials for solving the problem
in availing the benefits of financial inclusion schemes?
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Awareness through Financial
Literacy Camp(s)
2 ‘May I Help you’ counter
3 Providing the services of

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Bank Mitr
4 Organizing special loan mela
5 Imparting personal training to
use banking services
6 Any Other
9. To what extent, you agree with the following reasons for opening a bank account.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Saving of Money
2 Availing of Loans
3 Receiving payments under
Government Schemes
4 Deposit Cheques/Demand
Drafts
5 Offering bank account at
doorstep
6 Any Other
10. To what extent, you agree with the following purposes of savings.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Education of Children
2 Meeting the Needs of Rainy
Days
3 Purchasing a House
4 Savings for Children Marriage
5 Future Consumption Needs
6 Any Other
11. To what extent, you agree with the following reasons for low/no transactions
in your bank account.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Distant Location of Bank
2 Non-functioning of Bank in
Convenient Time.
3 Complex Process in Valued
Transactions
4 Small Amount cannot be
Saved in Bank
5 Bank Officials not Polite
to Guide
6 Any Other

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12. To what extent, you agree with the following options you take usually to
deposit/withdraw money from bank.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Personally Visiting the Bank
2 Using ATM/Green Channel
Counter/GRC
3 Using the Services of BF/BC/
Bank Mitr
4 Use of Mobile Banking
5 Use of Internet Banking
6 Any Other
13. To what extent, you agree with the following impacts of financial inclusion
schemes.
Sr. Particulars Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
No. Agree Disagree
1 Improvement in Social Status
2 Easy Availability of Cash
through Bank ATM
3 Security through Life and
Accidental Insurance
4 Availability of Overdraft in
Urgent Needs
5 Confirmation of Transactions
by SMS
6 Any Other
Overall Cronbach’s Alpha Value: 0.910

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