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RBI Launches Financial Literacy Week 2025 with a Focus on Women's Prosperity.

Banking & Finance | Dated: 26 Feb 2025

On 24 February 2025, Mumbai (Maharashtra)-based India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), launched the Financial Literacy Week (FLW 2025), which will be observed across India until 28 February 2025.

🎯 Key Highlights:

- FLW 2025 was inaugurated by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- ‘Financial Literacy - Women's Prosperity’. This year's theme aligns with the overall strategic objectives of the National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025.
- The RBI launched this initiative in 2016, and it has been observed annually across the country to promote financial awareness among the people.

💡 Other Important Facts:

(i) As part of FLW 2025, banks have been directed to spread financial literacy awareness by displaying RBI-developed posters on their web portals, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), mobile applications (apps), and display boards at their branches.
(ii) The campaign will cover topics such as risk diversification, responsible borrowing, maintaining a good credit score, and household budgeting, with a special focus on homemakers, working women, and women entrepreneurs.
(iii) This year's FLW includes multimedia campaigns by RBI to raise awareness about the importance of financial literacy for women.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Recently, Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2025 aims to promote financial awareness, particularly among which group?

Correct Answer: Women

🚀 Quick Recap:

About RBI

Governor : Sanjay Malhotra
Headquarter : Mumbai