RBI launches Educational Site to coincide with Children's day

Mumbai, Nov 14 (UNI) To commemorate Children's day, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today launched a financial education site, aimed at teaching basics of banking, finance and central banking to the children in different age-groups.

The site will soon also have information useful to other target groups, such as, women, rural and urban poor, defence personnel and senior citizens and it will be available in Hindi as well as in 11 regional languages.

The site can be accessed at www.rbi.org.in/financial education or from the quick link provided on the home page of the main RBI website at www.rbi.org.in The site has films on security features of currency notes of different denominations and an educative film to persuade citizens to not to staple notes. Interestingly, the site also has a games section, which aims at educating children through entertainment. The games currently on display have been especially designed to familiarise school children with India's various currency notes.

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