The Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh leads in the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is taking personal interest in the implementation of the scheme in accordance with the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day.
Under the scheme every family in the country is to be covered by banking for their financial inclusion by opening bank accounts. A target was set for January 26, 2015.With the cooperation of the district administration and all banks, 3.95 lakh families were linked with banks during the last three months. Earlier, 2.74 lakh families had bank accounts. During the drive following the announcement of the Prime Minister, over 1.20 lakh bank accounts were opened.
Now, no family in Ujjain district is without bank account. So far, banks have provided RuPay cards to 65,592 families.
The Chief Minister has congratulated Ujjain Collector Kavindra Kiyawat and District Manager of lead bank, Bank of India, in the district BM Jauhari for the completion of Jan Dhan Yojana’s implementation ahead of all and topping in the State. The Chief Minister has also desired from the Collectors, administration and the banks of other districts to accomplish the target within the prescribed time-limit like Ujjain.
This will make Madhya Pradesh as the pioneer State implementing the scheme cent percent.It is noteworthy that bank account of any one member of a family is opened under Jan Dhan Yojana to link every family with banking. RuPay cards are also provided to bank account holders.Recently, during his visit to the State, the Prime Minister had lauded the efforts of Chouhan, who had taken the scheme as a challenge and without any delay set his own targets in the State.