Women Jan Dhan account holders to get cash benefits in a staggered manner

To ensure that social distancing is maintained at the bank branches, the department of financial services, under the finance ministry, has issued guidelines to all banks

Around 200 million poor women will start receiving Rs 500 in their bank accounts, under the government’s relief package for the COVID-19 virus, known as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, beginning Friday.
 

However, concerned that the beneficiaries may line up at the bank branches to withdraw the money which will be transferred by the government in their accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the Central government has told the banks to ensure that there is staggering of crowd.