Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday directed Government officials and bank heads to launch more effective awareness campaigns to educate the people about the benefits of Jan Dhan Yojana through various mediums including mobile phones. He also asked Chief Secretaries to work towards the successful implementation of the mass banking scheme and Aadhar card enrolment.
Modi was chairing a high-level review committee meeting with State and Centre officials on infrastructure and programme implementation. The high-level review meeting known as PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) is a nationwide video-conferencing of officials with the PMO. This is the seventh meeting of PRAGATI.
“Prime Minister reviewed grievances related to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. He directed that awareness campaigns be launched, especially through the medium of mobile phones, to educate people about the benefits available to them through the Jan Dhan Accounts. The Prime Minister reviewed grievances relating to Railways, especially sanitation related issues, and was briefed on steps being taken to ensure cleanliness, both in Railway Stations, and on trains," said PMO in a statement.
He also reviewed the progress of fencing on the India-Bangladesh border. Asserting that there can be no compromise on an issue of national security, Prime Minister asked the Chief Secretaries of all five States who share borders with Bangladesh, to work towards early completion of this project.
"The Prime Minister sought updates on the progress of infrastructure projects in the highway, railway, power, coal and airport sectors spread over several States including Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Goa. He was briefed on the progress of three hydropower projects in Bhutan," said PMO.