Haryana Government on Friday announced the enhanced annual credit plan of Rs 1,03,953 crore for the current financial year by increasing it from Rs 88,786 in the year 2015-16, which reflects an increase of 17.1 per cent.
Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning, Sanjeev Kaushal announced this while addressing the 136th meeting of State level Bankers’ Committee here.
He urged the bankers to achieve 100 per cent target for annual credit plan 2016-17 whereas its last achievement was 94 per cent. He said that this year, a target of opening 192 rural banks has been fixed and urged the banks to open maximum number of banks in rural areas and ensure timely distribution of various social security pensions.
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Kaushal asked banks to take care of zero balance accounts, Aadhaar seeding, issuance and activation of Rupay cards for effective implementation of the scheme in the State.
Executive Director, Punjab National Bank, Ram S Sangapure informed that since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) on August 28, 2014, banks have opened 51,83,664 accounts up to March 31, 2016 and collected Rs 1,231 crore under this scheme.