Ministry of Finance releases PPT on Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

New Delhi, January 21, 2015: Ministry of Finance released the Power Point Presentation on Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana highlighting the details of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

The Power Point Presentation on Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana highlights the following main point:

• Saturating the geographies-Survey of SSA and ward and coverage (21 core households surveyed).
   
• At least one Account for every Household (Urban & Rural) with RuPay Debit card
   
• Focus on Financial Literacy
   
• Branchless banking through the Bank Mitr
  
• Accident insurance (Rs. 1 Lakh) and Life Insurance (Rs. 30,000).

Highlights of Direct Benefit Transfer and DBTL (LPG) Facility

DBT Coverage:

• Tolled out on 1 Jan 2013 for 27 schemes in 121 districts
• Expanded across the country on 12 Dec 2014

DBT Beneficiaries and Funds Flow

• MGNERGS in 300 districts to impact 4.3 Cr beneficiaries with fund flow of Rs. 15,000 C p.a.
• DBT expansion to cover 5.4 Cr Beneficiaries with fund flow of Rs. 17,777 Cr p.a.
• MGNERGS full rollout will take the total beneficiaries upto 10 Cr. with Rs. 33,000 Cr. funds flow per annum

Download ppt from PIB website.