Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
PM Modi launches the "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana"
Country	India
Prime Minister(s)	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Finance
Key people	Arun Jaitley
Launched	28 August 2014 (2014-08-28)
Website	www.pmjdy.gov.in
Status: Active

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (IPA: Pradhān Mantrī Jana Dhan Yōjanā) (Template:Lang-hi, Template:Lang-en) (PMJDY) is India's National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. This financial inclusion campaign was launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 28 August 2014 He had announced this scheme on his first Independence Day speech on 15 August 2014.

Run by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, on the inauguration day, 1.5 Crore (15 million) bank accounts were opened under this scheme. Guinness World Records Recognises the Achievements made under PMJDY, Guinness World Records Certificate says "The most bank accounts opened in 1 week as a part of financial inclusion campaign is 18,096,130 and was achieved by Banks in India from 23 to 29 August 2014". By 1 June 2016, over 22 crore (220 million) bank accounts were opened and ₹384.11 billion (US$5.7 billion) were deposited under the scheme.

Investments

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana statistics as on 21 December 2016 (All Figures in Crores)

S.No		Number of Accounts			Number of RuPay Cards	Aadhaar Seeded	Balance in Accounts	% of Zero Balance Accounts
		Rural	Urban	Total
1	Public Sector Banks	11.52	9.21	20.73	16.44	11.85	₹55,661.96	24.17%
2	Regional Rural Banks	3.82	0.62	4.44	2.68	2.20	₹13,232.36	20.31%
3	Private Banks	0.52	0.35	0.86	0.81	0.37	₹2,663.59	34.48%
	Total	15.86	10.17	26.03	19.93	14.43	₹71,557.90 crore (US$8.6 billion)	23.85

Month wise Progress Report of PMJDY by Public Sectors Banks/Regional Rural Banks/Private Banks upto 27-Jan-2016 from Indianstat

Bank Type	Rural	Urban	No of Accounts	No of Rupay Debit Card	Balance in Accounts (in Lacs)	No of Accounts with Zero Balance	Aadhaar Seeding
Public Sector Banks	89537898	71298083	160835981	138621275	2427730.835	51024535	74948188
Regional Rural Banks	31248470	5153529	36401999	26389394	535818.3291	9451369	10496171
Private Banks	4478240	2962470	7440710	6971159	116097.1407	2956533	2409034
Grand Total	125264608	79414082	204678690	171981828	3079646.305	63432437	87853393

Purpose

In a run up to the formal launch of this scheme, the Prime Minister personally mailed to Chairmans of all PSU banks to gear up for the gigantic task of enrolling over 7.5 crore (75 million) households and to open their accounts. In this email he categorically declared that a bank account for each household was a "national priority".

The scheme has been started with a target to provide 'universal and clear access to banking facilities' starting with "Basic Banking Accounts" with overdraft facility of ₹5,000 (US$60) after six months and RuPay Debit card with inbuilt accident insurance cover of ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) and RuPay Kisan Card. In next phase, micro insurance & pension etc. will also be added.

Under the scheme:

1. Account holders will be provided bank accounts with no minimum balance.
2. RuPay debit cards will be issued.
3. Accidental insurance cover of ₹1 lakh (US$1,200).
4. After six months of opening of the bank account, holders will be eligible for ₹5,000 (US$60) overdraft from the bank.
5. With the introduction of new technology introduced by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a person can transfer funds, check balance through a normal phone which was earlier limited only to smart phones.
6. Mobile banking for the poor would be available through National Unified USSD Platform (NUUP) for which all banks and mobile companies have come together

Performance

Arun Jaitley holding a press conference to announce a record number of 11.50 crore bank accounts opened under PMJDY

Due to the preparations done in the run-up, as mentioned above, on the inauguration day, 1.5 Crore (15 million) bank accounts were opened. The Prime Minister said on this occasion- "Let us celebrate today as the day of financial freedom." By September 2014, 3.02 crore accounts were opened under the scheme, amongst Public sector banks, SBI had opened 30 lakh (3 million) accounts, followed by Punjab National Bank with 20.24 lakh (2 million) accounts, Canara Bank 16.21 lakh (1.62 million) accounts, Central Bank of India 15.98 lakh (1.59 million) accounts and Bank of Baroda with 14.22 lakh (1.42 million) accounts.

It was reported that total of 7 Crore (70 million) bank accounts have been opened with deposits totaling more than ₹50 billion (US$600 million) as of 6 November 2014. As the government met the target, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has revised the target for opening of bank accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the ambitious financial inclusion scheme launched by the government, from 7.5 crore to 10 crore by 26 January 2015. On 20 January 2015, the scheme entered into Guinness book of world records setting new record for 'The most bank accounts opened in one week'.

The number of accounts opened under the scheme reached 219 million (including 57 million zero balance accounts) by 18 May 2016. The amount of deposits rose to ₹380.47 billion (US$4.6 billion) by April 2016. 19 lakh householders have availed the overdraft facility of ₹2.56 billion (US$31 million) by May 2016. As per the 26.11.2016 status total account deposits balance is Rs.64250/-

Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have got 29% of the total deposits under the scheme, whereas Kerala and Goa became the first states in the country to provide one basic bank account to every household.

The balance in Jan Dhan accounts rose by more than ₹270 billion (US$3.2 billion) between 9 November 2016 and 23 November 2016.

Criticism

The scheme has been criticized by opposition as an effort to please voters that has created unnecessary work-burden on the public-sector banks. It has been claimed that the poor deserves food more than bank accounts and financial security. Further, these accounts have not yet added considerable profits to PSU banks. According to the experts, offers like zero balance, free insurance and overdraft facility would result in duplication. Many individuals who already have bank accounts may have had accounts created for themselves, lured by the insurance covers and overdraft facilities. As per the scheme, a very few people are eligible to get the life insurance worth ₹30,000 (US$360) with a validity of just five years. The claimed overdraft facility has been completely left upon the banks. As per the government notice, only those people would get the overdraft facility whose transaction record is satisfactory and financially.

See also

• Make in India
• Indian 500 and 1000 rupee currency demonetisation

External links

• Official Website