Indian government has revised the target for opening
of accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) from 7.5 crore to 10
crore by January 26 to ensure that at least one account for each household in
the country.
As per the latest figure, about 8 crore accounts
have been opened under the flagship financial inclusion scheme of the
government.
In a review meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
told the officers that Aadhar card numbers may also be seeded with bank
accounts as the same will help in directly transferring the subsidies to the
bank accounts of the desired sections of the society under Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) scheme.
It was informed that 7.64 crore bank accounts have
been already opened under PMJDY till November 18, out of which Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) have opened 6.15 crore accounts, Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) 1.28
crore accounts and private sector banks 20 lakh accounts.
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