Mr Modi was inaugurating the iconic week celebrations by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. He said that India has developed various financial inclusion platforms and there is a need to create awareness about them for their optimum utilisation.

"There should be an effort to extend these financial inclusion solutions globally." Modi also launched the 'Jan Samarth portal', a credit-linked portal of 12 government schemes, to ensure ease in credit availability to youth, entrepreneurs, and farmers.

In his address, the Prime Minister said, "It is necessary to focus on how to make our domestic banks, currency an important part of international supply chain and trade".