US EditionPMJDY marks 11 years with 560 million accounts, ₹2.68 trillion deposits
The scheme has empowered over 56 crore accounts, with 56% held by women and deposits rising nearly twelvefold since 2015, driving financial inclusion across India.
- On its 11th anniversary, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has opened over 56.16 crore accounts with deposits totaling Rs2.68 lakh crore, the Ministry of Finance said.
- Launched as a national mission on August 28, 2014, PMJDY was designed to bring the unbanked into formal banking, enabling Direct Benefit Transfer and social security linkages through zero-balance accounts, RuPay cards with insurance, overdraft options, and Business Correspondents outreach.
- A large share of accounts—67%—are in rural and semi-urban areas, with women holding 56% of accounts and 38.68 crore RuPay debit cards issued, the Finance Ministry reported.
- The government has launched a saturation campaign holding camps in 2.7 lakh gram panchayats later this year, and about Rs 6.9 lakh crore flowed into beneficiary accounts through DBT in FY 2024-25.
- Guinness World Records recognised a one-week drive that opened 18,096,130 accounts, and Union ministers called PMJDY a 'game changer' and landmark global model for inclusion.
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PMJDY marks 11 years with 560 million accounts, ₹2.68 trillion deposits
In her message marking 11 years of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the financial inclusion programme has been one of the major channels for delivering benefits under Direct Benefit Transfer.
Inputs – Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completes 11 successful years - Business News Week
On this occasion, Mr. Shikhar Aggarwal, Chairman, BLS E-Services Ltd., shared his inputs: “Today we celebrate the completion of 11 years of transformative impact of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). We feel proud to be part of this journey of taking Financial Inclusion in the nook and corner of this nation. The vision with […] The post Inputs – Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completes 11 successful years first appeared on Business …
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