Write notes on IRDA's initiatives on Financial Education.

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has taken various initiatives in the area of financial literacy. Awareness programmes have been conducted on television and radio and simple messages about the rights and duties of policyholders, channels available for dispute redressal etc., have been disseminated through television and radio as well as the print media through sustained campaigns in English, Hindi and 11 other Indian languages. IRDA conducts an annual seminar on policy holder protection and welfare and also partially sponsors seminars on insurance by consumer bodies. IRDA has got a pan India survey on awareness levels about insurance carried out through the NCAER in a bid to improve on its strategy of creating insurance awareness. IRDA has also brought out publications of 'Policyholder Handbooks' as well as a comic book series on insurance. A dedicated website for consumer education in insurance is on the verge of launch IRDA Integrated Grievance Management System (IGMS) creates a central repository of grievances across the country and provides for various analyses of data indicative of areas of concern to the insurance policyholder.