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Govt invites suggestions for successful completion of Jan Dhan

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Government today invited suggestions from public for the successful completion of ambitious financial inclusion programme, Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana.

Suggestions can be given on www.Mygov.In even as 8.39 crore accounts have been opened under the scheme as on December 1.

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh has reported 100 per cent saturation (coverage of all households with at least one bank account) as on November 30. There were 1.53 crore Households of which 1.03 crore Households were having bank accounts.

An official statement said that in Madhya Pradesh, 49.96 lakh new households were covered and 58.64 lakh accounts were opened.

Goa, Kerala, Tripura and Union Territories of Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep and 19 districts of Gujarat had already covered all households under PMJDY with at least one bank account, it added.
 

It further said 8.39 crore accounts have been opened under PMJDY as on December 1, 2014 and RuPay Cards have been issued in 5.32 crore accounts.

As per survey results, 85.20 per cent household coverage has been achieved, the statement added.

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First Published: Dec 05 2014 | 5:56 PM IST

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