MOBILE KIOSK BANKING AT WEEKLY HAAT
Mahashakti Foundation started Mobile Kiosk Banking at Weekly Haat in the tribal areas of Rayagada, Balangir& Kalahandi districts with the esteem support of SIDBI PSIG under the Financial Inclusion Project. The main objective was to provide banking services to the tribals in the haat where there is no banking outlets. Through this project, the people of this village were enrolled in social security schemes like PMJDY, PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY, SSY, PPF, etc. There was a plan of 50,000 households to be linked to bank through BC, 100% households to be trained on financial literacy by the project staffs, So that it will reduce distress sale by facilitating the business transaction especially for forest produce and people will be comfortable in using banking products and services in their day-to-day lives.