| Title |
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN
DHAN YOJANA |
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Date-wise Events |
- August 15, 2014: Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi, had announced this scheme on his
first Independence Day speech on this day.
- August 28, 1914: The PMJDY
campaingn was launched by the Prime MInister, Narendra Modi,
on this day.
- August 29, 2014: 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".
- June 01, 2016: By this day,
over 22 crore (220 million) bank accounts were opened and
₹384.11 billion (US$5.7 billion) were deposited under the
scheme.
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Description |
It 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.
Slogan of the Scheme is "Mera Khata, Bhagya Vidhata
(it means "My Account brings luck to me") |
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