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A total of 55.02 crore Jan-Dhan accounts have been opened till 7th March 2025, out of which 36.63 crore accounts are in rural and semi-urban areas

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..... A total of 55.02 crore Jan-Dhan accounts have been opened till 7th March 2025, out of which 36.63 crore accounts are in rural and semi-urban areas
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Dated:- 18-3-2025

Cumulative enrolment under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) is 50.30 crore till 7th March 2025 Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up India Scheme and other financial .....

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..... inclusion schemes have also witnessed remarkable progress 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 underse .....

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..... rved areas. A total of 55.02 crore Jan-Dhan accounts have been opened till 07.03.2025, out of which, 36.63 crore 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 marginalized and underserved populations: i. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): The Scheme is .....

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..... 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, cum .....

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..... ulative enrolment under PMSBY is 50.30 crore.  ii. 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 joi .....

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..... n the scheme. As on 07.03.2025, cumulative enrolment under PMJJBY is 23.21 crore. iii. 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, .....

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..... at the age of 60 years, depending on the contributions. As on 07.03.2025, enrolments under this scheme are 7.49 crore. iv. 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 .....

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..... crore loans amounting to Rs. 33.19 lakh crore have been sanctioned since inception of the Scheme. v. 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.10 lakh and Rs.1 crore to one Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe borrower and one-woman borrower per bank branch of S .....

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..... cheduled 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. 60,504 crores have been sanctioned since inception of the Scheme. vi. 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 D .....

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..... evelopment & 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. vii. Prime Minister Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi): The .....

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..... 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 leve .....

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..... l 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 Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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