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Banking outlets are emerging as the new bankable model for financial inclusion in Odisha. The outlets are gaining currency as the state has a large chunk of its gram panchayats untouched by banking facilities.The state government has turned to the banking outlet model in un-banked areas that lack a brick & mortar branch or not serviced by a banking correspondent within five kilometer radius.A 'Banking Outlet' for a domestic scheduled commercial bank (DSCB), a small finance bank (SFB) and a payment bank (PB) is a fixed point service delivery unit, manned by either bank staff or its business correspondent where services of acceptance of deposits, encashment of cheques/cash withdrawal or lending of money are provided for a minimum of four hours per day for at least five days a week.It carries uniform signage with name of the bank and authorization from it, contact details of the controlling authorities and complaint escalation mechanism.There are 1474 such gram panchayats where the ..