550.02 Mn Jan-Dhan Accounts Opened Till March 7

19 Mar 2025 CW Team

The Government initiated the National Mission for Financial Inclusion (NMFI), namely the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in August, 2014 to provide universal banking services for every unbanked adult based on the guiding principles of banking the unbanked, securing the unsecured, funding the unfunded and serving unserved and underserved areas. A total of 550.02 million Jan-Dhan accounts have been opened till 07.03.2025, out of which, 360.63 million accounts are in rural and semi-urban areas.

In addition to the PMJDY, the following schemes have also been launched to provide affordable financial services for all, especially marginalised and underserved populations:

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): The Scheme is a one-year personal accident insurance scheme, renewable from year to year, offering coverage of Rs 2 lakh for death or permanent total disability and Rs 1 lakh for permanent partial disability due to an accident at a premium of Rs 20/- per annum. It is available to people in the age group of 18 to 70 years having a bank account who give their consent to join the scheme.

As on 07.03.2025, cumulative enrolment under PMSBY is 50.30 crore.

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): The Scheme is a one-year life insurance scheme, renewable from year to year, offering coverage of Rs Two lakh for death due to any reason at a premium of Rs 436 per annum and is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account who give their consent to join the scheme.

As on 07.03.2025, cumulative enrolment under PMJJBY is 230.21 million.

Atal Pension Yojana: The Scheme aims to provide monthly pension to eligible subscribers with age limit of 18 to 40 years not covered under any organized pension Scheme. Under this scheme, the subscribers would receive the fixed minimum pension of Rs 1000, Rs 2000, Rs 3000, Rs 4000 and Rs 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on the contributions.

As on 07.03.2025, enrolments under this scheme are 70.49 million.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY): The Scheme provides access to institutional finance to micro/small business units up to Rs.20 lakh for income generating activities such as manufacturing, trading, services, activities allied to agriculture.

As on 28.02.2025, 52.07 crore loans amounting to Rs. 33.19 lakh crore have been sanctioned since inception of the Scheme.

Stand Up India Scheme (SUPI): The Scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship among people from Schedule caste/Schedule tribe and woman. The Scheme facilitates bank loans between Rs 1 million and Rs 10 million to one Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe borrower and one-woman borrower per bank branch of Scheduled Commercial Banks for setting up greenfield enterprises in trading, manufacturing and services sector.

As on 07.03.2025, 2.67 lakh loans amounting to Rs 605.04 billion have been sanctioned since inception of the Scheme.

PM Vishwakarma Scheme: The Scheme, launched on 17.09.2023, is being administered jointly by Ministry of Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Ministry of Skill Development & Enterprises and Department of Financial Services. It aims to provide end-to end holistic support to traditional artists and craftspeople engaged in 18 identified trades through access to skill training, collateral-free credit, modern tools, market linkage support and incentive for digital transactions.

Prime Minister Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi): The Scheme is being administered by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA). It was launched on June 01, 2020 with the main objective of providing relief to street vendors affected by Covid-19 lockdown. The Scheme envisages empowering street vendors by not only extending loans to them but also for their holistic economic development.

Further, from time to time, camps are conducted at village level to promote awareness about various financial inclusion schemes and to enrol more people under these schemes.

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

News source: PIB

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