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Digital Finance and Digital Financial Inclusion in India

Authors(1) :-Dr. Umesh Kumar

This study helps to understand the access, use and quality dimension of digital finance that contributes to digital financial inclusion. The present study found that access, use and quality of digital finance are important predictors of digital financial inclusion. Of these three parameters, the quality of digital finance contributes the most to digital financial inclusion, followed by the access and access dimension of digital finance. It was also found that public perception of digital finance positively affects digital financial inclusion, while perceived exposure to digital finance negatively affects digital financial inclusion.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Umesh Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, K.A. P.G. College, Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Digital Finance, Financial Inclusion, Financial Exclusion, DFI

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 5 | September-October 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 121-133
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ214569
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

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Dr. Umesh Kumar, "Digital Finance and Digital Financial Inclusion in India ", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.121-133, September-October.2021
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