Slamming Congress for not making banking service available for poor people, Modi said that after coming to power, the NDA-led Government had started Jan Dhan Yojna scheme so that the “poorest of the poor” could have access to banking facilities.
“We started PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojna as we wanted to make sufficient water available to farmers. We also started PM Jan Dhan Yojna. Half of country's population had not seen bank's door. You tell me what are government owned banks for. Are they meant to serve rich people...should these banks not serve poor. For last 60 years, nothing had happened on this front. I have decided that poor will not beg money from money lenders rather banks will provide funds to the poor,” he said. Modi said with Jan Dhan Yojna scheme, the poorest of poor would also get Rs 1 lakh insurance and Rs 3,000 for bearing medical expense.