Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched Financial Literacy week 2025 on Monday in the State Capital to spread awareness among masses about banking services.
RBI continuously fulfils several developmental responsibilities in the interest of the Country and the wider public. Financial education, financial inclusion and public awareness are important parts of these developmental functions, which the RBI regularly carries out throughout the year. The Financial Literacy Week, organised every year since 2016, is in a way the culmination of this campaign, which is going to be celebrated from February 24 to February 28 this year.
Addressing a press meet after the launching RBI Ranchi Region Reagional Director, Prem Shankar Singh said that it is notable that in the commemoration of the 90th year of the RBI, several innovative programmes and initiatives along with the regular programmes of financial education and inclusion have been undertaken by the RBI, Ranchi Regional Office, these include financial literacy programmes in 90 educational institutions, plantation and environment awareness programmes with the motto ‘Green and beautiful world’, booklet of 90 slogans ‘Yatra Aviraam’, decade-wise presentations on the journey of the RBI so far, clean currency campaign, 90-day health and resource conservation pledge, banking risk management lecture series and other special programmes in native language on economic topics.
Singh further said that the theme of Financial Literacy Week 2025 for this year is "'Financial Literacy – Womens Prosperity'", which will be celebrated between February 24 and February 28 .
In his address, the RD underlined the importance of financial literacy and said that the objective of Financial Literacy Week is to spread awareness among the people about key financial topics through various programs. Financial literacy empowers individuals and families to manage their money effectively, plan for their future and make informed and responsible financial decisions, which leads to financial well-being and makes people aware of their rights as consumers of financial products and services, he added.
Discussing the objective of the main theme of Financial Literacy Week 2025 this time, 'Financial Literacy – Womens prosperity', Singh said that keeping in mind the multifaceted role of women in society, it is important to give priority to financial literacy for them. "This campaign will include topics like risk diversification, responsible borrowing, maintaining good credit score and household budgeting; Which will especially focus on housewives, working women and women entrepreneurs," he added.
On this occasion, General Manager SLBC, Deputy General Manager, NABARD; State Heads of Bank of India, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, and Chairman of Jharkhand State Rural Bank were present.
Reserve Bank of India, Ranchi Regional Office has planned a number of multi-pronged programmes targeting housewives, working women and women entrepreneurs during this Financial Literacy Week, which includes SHGs, Working Women and Housewives. As the first part of the series a financial literacy programme was organised for women officers and employees working in Government departments at Project Bhawan, Dhurva on Friday , in which about 200 women participated and benefited from the programme. At the same time, RBI has urged all stakeholders to promote and disseminate the messages of Financial Literacy Week 2025 as widely as possible.