More than 19 lakhs women account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) have received Rs 500 each till Monday out of total of 73 lakh women account holders in the State.
In an attempt to provide relief during ongoing lockdown to poor and needy among women the Center Government had announced that women account holder under PMJDY would get Rs 500 per month for three months in their accounts from the month of April to meet their essential requirements during the ongoing lockdown. There is a total of 1.33 crore bank account holders in the State under PMJDY scheme, out of which 73 lakh are women account holders.
State Level Bankers’ Committee, Deputy General Manager, Sanjib Sarkar said that in order to help fight against the global epidemic COVID-19, the Central Government launched the 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana' (PMGKY) for the poor. He said that till Monday more than 19 lakh women account holders have withdrawn Rs 500 for the month of April in the State and at an average of two lakh account holders per day withdrawing their money from the banks.
"Under this scheme, the account holder under PMJDY will get Rs 500 in their bank account every month for the next three months for the women account holders. The amount will be distributed by the Central Government, so that the women account holder could not face difficulties in purchasing the necessary thins and other requirements," Sarkar said.
“Keeping in mind the transition of Corona virus, the SLBC had issued appropriate guidelines for all the banks, payment banks, small finance banks and LDMs in the State to ensure smooth withdrawal of money with following guidelines of social distance of PMJDY women account holders, all account holders have been separated on the basis of the last digit of their account number.
"Separate days have been set for women account holders of PMJDY to ensure that bank branches, should not be over crowded and people maintain social distance. All the account holders have been requested by the State Government and SLBC to withdraw the above amount only when required and other alternative means such as Bank Mitra and ATMs should be used more," said Sarkar.