As many as 52,16,202 bank accounts including 9,29,724 ‘zero balance’ accounts have been opened in Haryana under ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ (PMJDY) scheme upto April 2016.
A meeting of State level Financial Inclusion Committee (SlIFC) on PMJDY was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the Chief Secretary said that all Deputy Commissioners would be instructed to review the scheme on monthly basis and launch a campaign so that more people could avail the benefit of the scheme.
PMJDY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 28, 2014. About 53 per cent bank accounts have been opened in rural areas and 47 per cent in urban areas of Haryana.
Under this scheme, 43,23,401 RuPay Cards have been issued, out of which 27,84,807 cards have been activated upto April 2016. Similarly, 6,80,076 RuPay cards were issued to zero balance account holders. Out of these 1,56,541 cards have been activated upto April, 2016, said an official spokesman.
As many as 37,32,854 accounts have been Aadhaar-seeded under the PMJDY.
The implementation of the social security schemes, namely ‘Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana’(PMSBY), ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’(PMJJBY) and ‘Atal Pension Yojana’ (APY) was also reviewed in the meeting.
He said that 24,47,54 persons were enrolled under PMSBY and 22,76,662 records have been uploaded by the banks up to April this year. Similarly, 7,95,956 persons have been enrolled under PMJJBY and 7,01,591 applications have been uploaded by the banks.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, loans to the tune of Rs23.76 110.41 crore have been disbursed to 12,095 account holders,including 3,107 women.
The spokesman said that‘Stand-up India’ scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on April 5, after which, 178 beneficiaries have been sanctioned loans amounting to Rs23.76 35.37 crore. Of these loans amounting to Rs11.61 crore were sanctioned to 54 persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and loans amounting to Rs23.76 crore were sanctioned to 124 women in Haryana.
With a view to implement the ‘Financial literacy Mission’, 117 Financial literacy Centres have been made operational in 104 blocks of Haryana, he added.