5.29 Crore Accounts Opened under PMJDY
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5.29 Crore
Accounts Opened under PMJDY-3.12 Crore in Rural and 2.17 Crore in Urban
Areas; RuPay Card issued in 1.78 Crore Accounts
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Mission Director
& Additional Mission Director reviewed the progress in implementation of
PMJDY with EDs of Public Sector Banks and some of the private banks i.e. Axis
Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Indusind Bank.
o The UTs of Puducherry & Chandigarh have covered all households,
with provision of banking facilities.
o Two Districts in Country i.e. Mehsana and Porbandar in Gujarat have
covered all households under PMJDY with provision of banking facilities.
o As on date 5.29 Crore accounts have been opened under PMJDY of which
3.12 Crore in Rural and 2.17 Crore are in Urban areas. RuPay Card have been
issued in 1.78 Crore accounts.
o There is pendency in issuance of RuPay Card, for which banks have been
advised to increase their capacity of issuance of RuPay Card and clear the
backlog quickly. While most of the Banks expect Backlog to be cleared by 15th
Oct, in some Banks it may take 4 weeks.
o Account opening form for opening of bank account under ‘Pradhan Mantri
Jan-Dhan Yojana’ is available on department of financial services’ website http://financialservices.gov.in
o Survey work for identification of uncovered households have been
initiated by the banks and will be completed by 10th Oct, except
in the State of Haryana and Maharashtra where survey work has been
temporarily suspended in view of Assembly Elections.
o People have been requested to cooperate with Bank Officials during
Household Survey being conducted by Bank Officials.
o Person having Aadhaar Number are requested to open their account by
using Aadhaar Number as KYC Document.
o People not having Aadhaar Numbers are requested to enroll themselves
at Aadhaar Registration Counter available in account opening camps organized
by Banks.
o Toll free numbers for redressal of grievances and queries under PMJDY
have been set up at National and state level.
List of National
Level and State wise toll free numbers are as follows:
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