Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and economic growth in India. Design/methodology/approach: To measure FI, a multidimensional time-varying index is proposed following the Human Development Index method. The long-run relationship...

Purpose: This paper aims to test for spatial convergence in financial inclusion across major Indian states and union territories. Design/methodology/approach: After initially building an Index of Financial Inclusion (IFI) for major Indian states between 2003 and 2016, exploratory spatial data...