Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday said the State has achieved hundred per cent coverage of households under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).
Presiding over a meeting with the representatives of various banks here, in which General Mangers and Deputy General Mangers of 24 Banks participated, lal said it was a matter of pride that the State has covered as many as 48,57,524 households in the State under the PMJDY which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 August, 2014.
lal said the State Government has decided that the benefit of various social security pensions for the month of January to be paid in February would be directly deposited in the dedicated bank accounts of beneficiaries. Directions in this regard have already been issued to the banks, he added.
He also directed the banks that as the amount of social security pensions would be deposited in the Banks on first of every month, they should ensure that the beneficiaries could get their pension amount within one or two days.
It was informed that an arrangement has been made in all the districts where the concerned DC holds monthly meetings with lead District Managers of Banks where issues of bankers were taken up.