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NSE, Gujarat Govt sign MoU at Vibrant Gujarat Summit

| | Jan 14, 2015, at 04:29 am
Gandhinagar, Jan 13 (IBNS): India's Leading stock Exchange National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Education Department, Gujarat Government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit for introduction of financial literacy course for students of schools and colleges.
It is expected that all Government and Government aided schools across the state will start the basic financial literacy program at the earliest. 
 
"NSE believes that the road to the fastest financial inclusion is possible through a continuous education process. Like in many other states of India, we are sure that this MOU will play a pivotal role towards understanding the complex financial markets and its products, in many young minds in Gujarat. We thank the Government of Gujarat for enabling this," said Chitra Ramkrishna, MD & CEO, NSE.

Significantly, the program also envisages use of satellite based teaching methodology across the state. 
 
The signing was done in the presence of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and Anandi Ben Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat, among others 
 
The course aims at imparting basic financial knowledge at a very early stage so that children grow up to become financially responsible citizens with a secured financial future, which enhances financial well being of people of India. 

During the signing ceremony, apart from the Finance Minister and the Gujarat Chief Minister, Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India, Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary Department of Financial Services, GOI, Sourabh Patel, Minister of Finance, Government of Gujarat  were also present.

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