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Banks collect Rs 6k cr in deposits from PMJDY

Last Updated 25 November 2014, 18:01 IST

Banks have collected over Rs 6,000 crore by opening 7.9 crore accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), a Finance Ministry official said.

“PMJDY is for people, especially women. The objective is to bring the people to the financial world. The people of the country have deposited Rs 6,000 crore under PMJDY,” Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Snehlata Shrivastava has said.

The money deposited by the people is given by the bank for various works and businesses thus providing development of the country, she has said at a mega camp organised by Corporation Bank in Mangalore.

There are various benefits through PMJDY like RuPay Debit Cards with Rs 1 lakh accidental insurance to all the account holders, she said.

Overdraft of Rs 5,000 to one member of family, preferably a woman, will also be provided after observing satisfactory transactions in the account for six months, she added.
Besides these, other need-based credit facilities, micro insurance and so on will also be available to the customers.

Corporation Bank CMD S R Bansal said the bank has opened 12.83 lakh savings bank accounts under PMJDY so far.

Out of 12.83 lakh accounts 9.13 lakh account holders have been issued with RuPay Debit Cards, he added.

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(Published 25 November 2014, 18:01 IST)

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