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Consider the following statements about the idea of 'micro-finance' in India and select the correct ones using the code give below:
1. Micro-finance is a small-scale financial intermediation, inclusive of savings, credit, insurance, business services and technical support provided to the needy borrower.
2. The thrust of the micro finance initiative is to channelize production and consumption credit in multiple does based on the absorption capacity of the prospective borrower.
3. It has evolved through following different models at different times - a 'charity based model' to a 'third-based model' and finally to the 'trust and creditworthiness model'.
4. It was in Australia where evolved the link between microfinance institutions and the formal financial institutions.

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1,2 and 3
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2,3 and 4
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1,3 and 4
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1,2,3 and 4
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Solution

The correct option is D 1,2,3 and 4
Micro-finance (MF) is a small-scale financial intermediation, inclusive of savings, credit, insurance, business services and technical support provided to the needy borrower. The thrust of the MF initiative is to channelize production and consumption credit in multiple doses based on the absorption capacity of the prospective borrower.

The presumption here is that the borrowers possess basic financial literacy and requisite capacity to operate their self-determined economic ventures profitably. The formal existence of MF was found in 1972. A charity based model (interest free loans where repayment was based on peer pressure) of MF was evolved in Ireland. Later on, in Germany, a thrift-based model was developed with establishment of savings funds.

Bangladesh Grameen model is based on the principle of trust and creditworthiness of poor with both, obligatory and voluntary saving schemes. The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) of Australia evolved a research project, The Banking with the Poor (BWTP) network to link between microfinance with formal financial institutions.

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