Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate International workshop on Financial Literacy in Bangalore on Monday. The two day workshop is organized by Reserve Bank of India and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, as part of RBI's Platinum Jubilee celebration. Dr. D Subbarao, Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Ashok Chawla, Finance Secretary and OECD Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Richard A Boucher will be present on this occasion.The Finance Minister will be releasing a RBI book titled 'Financial Planning by First Time Earners' on this occasion.In the evening the Finance Minister will grace the function to launch Electronic Benefit Transfer Scheme in the state and release revised school text books incorporating financial literacy.During the function the winners of the Financial Literacy competitions will be presented prizes.In the afternoon the Finance Minister is visiting RBI Note Mudran printing press in Mysore to lay the foundation stone for a paper manufacturing plant.Once operational, this plant will print special security sensitive paper for the currency notes. Right now such high technology paper is imported from Belgium and other countries.
News On AIR | March 22, 2010 9:39 AM
Pranab to inaugurate Intl workshop on 'financial literacy' in Bangalore