When the government was formed in 2014, the first decision was taken in the direction of financial inclusion. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna was introduced to provide free bank accounts to citizens alien to the banking system. Today the scheme completed 10 years of its implementation.
Finance Minister Sitharaman, as part of government's relief package amid COVID-19 lockdown in the country, announced that 20 crore women of Jan Dhan Account holders will get Rs 500 per month for the next three months to help them run their households.
The total balance in the Jan Dhan accounts, which has been steadily rising, was at Rs 97,665.66 crore as on April 3, as per the latest government data.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said 30 crore families have been linked to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in the last three years and Rs 65,000 crore deposited in their accounts
Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts surged by nearly Rs 29,000 crore in the period of a month since the November 8 announcement demonetising high value currency notes, according to the latest official data released here.
Since December 7, Jan Dhan accounts have witnessed a net withdrawal of Rs 5,582.83 crore. Total deposits had increased to a record high of Rs 74,610 crore on December 7 and thereafter, it saw a
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s big November 8 announcement of currency ban, deposits in Jan Dhan accounts have surged by more than 50 per cent, an official statement said today. "As on December 21, deposits
The deposits in Jan Dhan account have more than doubled to Rs 87,000 crore in 45 days post-demonetisation.
Illegal transaction of lakhs of rupees in Jan Dhan accounts after demonetization to convert black money into white has come under the scanner of Odisha police.
A whopping Rs 227 crore were deposited in the accounts of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in the Tripura banks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation of higher currency notes on November 8,
Following the Income Tax Department's warning on not allowing misuse of Jan Dhan accounts for laundering black money post-demonetisation, inflows into such accounts have come down significantly, the government has said.
Mumbai: Banks have opened a whopping five crore accounts under the Jan Dhan scheme till September 25 and collected over Rs. 3,500 crore in deposits, a top Finance Ministry official said here today.Led by state-run
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