As the government pushes its various financial inclusion initiatives, a survey claimed religious and gender bias makes it more difficult in India to get jobs or credit. 

As per the survey results released by global financial services giant Mastercard, as many as 58 per cent of respondents in India said "it is difficult for them to get access to credit, savings, and jobs because of their gender, compared with 33 per cent across the surveyed countries". 

Read Economic Times’ full report here.