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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Women hold over 50% of Jan Dhan accounts

Women hold over 50% of Jan Dhan accounts

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published Published on Feb 15, 2018   modified Modified on Feb 15, 2018
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In what marks a boost for financial inclusion, more than half of PM Jan Dhan Yojna account-holders are women and they are also carrying out transactions rather than merely opening accounts, a sample survey by a financial inclusion consulting firm has indicated.

The “State of the Agent Network 2017” report released by Microsave on Wednesday found that there has been a more than 200% increase in volumes of cashin, cash-out between 2015 and 2017. The Modi government’s drive to encourage opening of these accounts was to offer banking services to the poor for more reliable transfer of government benefits and to enable the less well off to avail credit or loans.

The transactions are increasing as the bank agents or business correspondents offer more products and services such as linking of Aadhaar to bank accounts, insurance registration and balance inquiry. Moreover, government-to-people payments such as direct transfer of cash, has led to increase in transactions.

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The Times of India, 15 February, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/women-hold-over-50-of-jan-dhan-accounts/articleshow/62924005.cms


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