Mumbai: Six years after the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), there are over 40 crore beneficiaries of the scheme, according to government data.
The financial inclusion programme launched in 2014 has a total of 40.05 crore accounts under it as of July 22 with total deposits of over Rs 1.30 lakh crore, according to the PMJDY website.
In a tweet on Monday, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) said: Another milestone achieved under world’s largest financial inclusion initiative, PMJDY: Total accounts opened under the scheme crosses 40 Cr mark. Committed to take financial inclusion to the last mile!
The scheme was launched initially for a four-year period under the National Mission for Financial Inclusion on August 28, 2014. It envisages universal access to banking facilities with at least one basic banking account for every household, financial literacy, access to credit, insurance and pension.