Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, parliamentarians and office bearers of the State would simultaneously launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Jan Dhan scheme on August 28 at all the district headquarters of the State.
This information was given by BJP Madhya Pradesh president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan in a statement here on Tuesday. “PM Modi has constituted a six member committee for the successful implementation of his ambitious Jan Dhan scheme. The launching of the Jan Dhan scheme in Bhopal would be done by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and me while in Gwalior it would be done by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar,” Chouhan added.
Chouhan further said that the Union Ministers from the State and the members of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan led BJP Government of the State would also launch the Jan Dhan scheme from their respective constituencies of the State. The national office bearers of the party from the state would also participate in the launching program, he added.
Chouhan said that the Jan Dhan scheme focuses on opening bank accounts of all those people who do not have a bank account till now. “As soon as the bank account is opened the account holder would be provided a debit card besides an insurance cover of Rs one lakh could also be given. The target of the Modi Government is that every house should have a minimum of two bank accounts through this scheme,” he added. Chouhan called on the party workers, leaders and elected representatives to make the Jan Dhan scheme launching programme at their respective district headquarters a huge success.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the Jan-Dhan scheme on August 15 in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort in New Delhi.