Jan Dhan Yojana

RuPay debit cards are issued under various Government schemes to provide banking facilities to specific segments of people

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on the government over rising fuel prices on Monday, terming the 12th hike in two weeks, part of the "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Loot Yojana".

PM Narendra Modi today lauded his government's 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' as it completed seven years, saying the scheme, which facilitates the unbanked population to open a bank account, has forever transformed India's development trajectory.

Industry body CII: Accelerated vaccination is the key to faster economic recovery.

The transfer has been staggered over a period of five days to avoid rush at the bank branches.

The Centre credited the first installment of Rs 500 to over four crore Jan Dhan accounts of poor women on Friday as part of a relief package in view of the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Rural Development Ministry said.

Currently, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is the government's financial inclusion programme, applicable to the 10 to 65 years age group, and aiming to expand and make affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.

An array of developments, ranging from GST and demonetisation to corporate tax rate cut and banking reforms, has transformed the economic landscape of the country.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday cited her government's efforts to control onion prices, as also its schemes such as free cooking gas and Jan Dhan Yojana to respond to the criticism over her comments of coming from a "non-onion" consuming family.

Deposits in bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan scheme, launched about five years ago by the Modi-government, have crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark.

An overdraft facility up to Rs.10,000 is available to one account holder of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana per household after six months of satisfactory conduct of the account. The new overdraft limit of Jan Dhan accounts is double than the previous limit.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to the scheme an open-ended one.

Arun Jaitley said 53 per cent of the PMJDY account holders are women, while 83 per cent of the accounts are seeded with Aadhaar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Queen Maxima of The Netherlands who is visiting India in her capacity as UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development.

India has 19 crore adults without a bank account despite the success of the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana, making it the world's second largest unbanked population after that of China, the World Bank said today.

RuPay debit cards are issued under various Government schemes to provide banking facilities to specific segments of people

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on the government over rising fuel prices on Monday, terming the 12th hike in two weeks, part of the "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Loot Yojana".

PM Narendra Modi today lauded his government's 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' as it completed seven years, saying the scheme, which facilitates the unbanked population to open a bank account, has forever transformed India's development trajectory.

Industry body CII: Accelerated vaccination is the key to faster economic recovery.

The transfer has been staggered over a period of five days to avoid rush at the bank branches.

The Centre credited the first installment of Rs 500 to over four crore Jan Dhan accounts of poor women on Friday as part of a relief package in view of the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Rural Development Ministry said.

Currently, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is the government's financial inclusion programme, applicable to the 10 to 65 years age group, and aiming to expand and make affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.

An array of developments, ranging from GST and demonetisation to corporate tax rate cut and banking reforms, has transformed the economic landscape of the country.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday cited her government's efforts to control onion prices, as also its schemes such as free cooking gas and Jan Dhan Yojana to respond to the criticism over her comments of coming from a "non-onion" consuming family.

Deposits in bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan scheme, launched about five years ago by the Modi-government, have crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark.

An overdraft facility up to Rs.10,000 is available to one account holder of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana per household after six months of satisfactory conduct of the account. The new overdraft limit of Jan Dhan accounts is double than the previous limit.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to the scheme an open-ended one.

Arun Jaitley said 53 per cent of the PMJDY account holders are women, while 83 per cent of the accounts are seeded with Aadhaar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Queen Maxima of The Netherlands who is visiting India in her capacity as UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development.

India has 19 crore adults without a bank account despite the success of the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana, making it the world's second largest unbanked population after that of China, the World Bank said today.