Banks have opened 7.73 crore accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) till November 19, according to Snehlata Shrivastava, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
In an informal chat with presspersons at a Jhan Dhan mega camp, organised by Corporation Bank at Vamanjoor village in Mangalore recently, Shrivastava said the accounts have a balance of ₹6,091.86 crore.
Of the 7.73 crore accounts, public sector banks have opened 6.21 crore accounts with a total balance of ₹4,946.03 crore, and have distributed RuPay debit cards to around 4.3 crore accounts.
She said the Prime Minister will write to all the Chief Ministers and Governors asking them to link the payment of subsidies under the Government schemes to the PMJDY accounts.
SR Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank, said the bank has opened around 12.83 lakh accounts under the PMJDY with a balance of ₹211.03 crore.
Of this, 9.13 lakh account holders have been issued RuPay debit cards, and 53 per cent of accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar numbers.
Stating that the bank has been allotted 2,294 villages and 954 urban wards for opening accounts under the PMJDY, he said the bank is confident of reaching the target of 100 per cent coverage much ahead of schedule.
In Dakshina Kannada district, the bank has opened accounts of all unbanked households in the allotted villages and wards under PMJDY and achieved 100 per cent target, he said.