Introduction of Para Banking Activities: Para Banking is a kind of banking where money is accepted for the purpose of saving from an individual as in case of a normal banking function. The acceptance of money under Para Banking is scheduled daily, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly and even for fixed period for more than 1 year. Activities like accepting deposits and lending to corporate sell mutual funds demat a/c, gold, insurance etc.
Para Banking also provides secured loan and pre-maturity facilities against the amount in the saving scheme.
Para – Banking targets all class of individuals for their depositor schemes. Their intension was to encourage all class of individuals towards saving habits since the key success of any economy is the saving structure in the country. Thus the Para Banking launched various schemes considering the daily wage earner to the businessmen.
Para banking has been a part of the Indian financial services sector for some time now. There is an increasing need for various financial services at low affordable costs, particularly for the vast sections of disadvantaged and low income group.
In Para-Banking majority of population are daily wage earners (i.e.) Small shopkeepers, hawkers, Auto rickshaw and taxi drivers etc. who hardly understand the importance of savings for their future periods. Not only that, their basic earning hardly supports them to save any amount. And over and above to all such problems, they hardly have proper infrastructure and facilities to deposit in banks since there are very few banks in rural areas.
History of Para Banking in India: The 1906 Swadeshi Revolution encouraged many cooperative bank to start up. With this unqualified and selfish entrepreneurs started operating such banks with unclear banking regulations of the government. This resulted into unsuccessful banking scenario and difficulties in growth of this banking sector. The major
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