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Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs.1-trillion mark

-PTI * The scheme was launched on 28 August, 2014, with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to people in the country * The total balance in over 36.06 crore PMJDY accounts was at Rs.1,00,495.94 crore as on 3 July New Delhi: 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. As per the latest finance...

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Driving the poor man's ascension into a progressive state from a poverty-stricken one -Sandeep Vempati

-Financial Express If ever there was a beautiful word in Indian polity, it shall be none other than ‘poverty’. Existence of poverty, the necessary evil, ensured the Congress and various regional parties win elections after elections through rhetoric, albeit repeatedly but in different forms, and finding a page on their election manifestos. Did any of the ideologically opposite previous dispensations ever knocked the door of the poor man for eliminating the...

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Data Removed and Data Modified: Archive Reports on Jan Dhan Yojana Website Undergo Changes - Aarthi Prakash

-Newsclick.in Crucial elements of the data on Jan Dhan Yojana have been removed from the government website. This gives rise to many questions. On 15 August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) scheme with the claimed objective of nation-wide financial inclusion. In his speech, he stated that the initiative was aimed at eradicating ‘financial untouchability’ by opening at least one bank account per household in...

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Vague RBI guidelines see banks cap PM's Jan Dhan Yojana accounts -Mayur Shetty

-The Times of India MUMBAI: Crores of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account-holders risk either having their accounts frozen or having charges imposed if they exceed four debit transactions in a month. Vague wording of the Reserve Bank of India's guidelines on basic savings bank deposit accounts (BSBDA), which include PMJDY accounts, has led to banks conjuring up ways to cap free transactions. The norms applicable to PMJDY accounts are those...

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Post-note ban, Rs 35,000 crore cash stash flooded MP banks -Ankur Sirothia

-The Times of India BHOPAL: More than Rs 35,000 crore of stashed cash was pulled out of hidden lockers of corporates and individuals and deposited in 25 major banks within 60 days of demonetisation in Madhya Pradesh, reveal documents accessed by TOI. More than 40% of these accounts are under I-T surveillance, say sources. Money in Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts rose by Rs 461 crore after the note ban —...

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