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Year End Review: Highlights of the Major Acheivements of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance

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....ear End Review: Highlights of the Major Acheivements of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance <br>Income Tax<br>Dated:- 15-12-2015<br><BR>Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance is a nodal department as far as banking and insurance sector in the country is concerned. In the current fiscal, Department of Financial Services has taken various initiatives and launched different Financial Inclusion & Social Security related Schemes in its pursuit of achieving the goal of Universal Financial Inclusion. The major achievements of the Department during the Current Fiscal are as follows : 1.&nbsp; &nbsp;PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY) : "Mera Khata - Bhagya Vidhaata" &nbsp; The biggest financi....

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....al inclusion initiative in the world was announced by the Prime Minister on 15th August 2014 and Mega launch was done by him on 28th August 2014 across the country. This National Mission on Financial Inclusion has an ambitious objective of covering all households in the country with banking facilities and having a bank account for each household. It has been emphasized by the Prime Minister that this is important for including people left-out into the mainstream of the financial system. The Government started the PMJDY to provide &#39;universal access to banking facilities&#39; starting with "Basic Saving Bank Account" with an overdraft upto Rs. 5000 subject to satisfactory operation in the account for six months and&nbsp;RuPay&nbsp;Debit ....

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....card with inbuilt accident insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh . Achievements * &nbsp;As on 11th November 2015, Banks have opened 19.21 Crore accounts under PMJDY with deposit of more than 26819 crores. Rupay cards issued to 16.51 Cr. customers. * Two lakh accounts are opened per day &nbsp; &nbsp; * &nbsp;As on13th November 2015 more than 45.98 lakhs accounts have been offered Overdraft facility. Out of these overdraft facility has been availed by 8.86 lacs account holders amounting to Rs. 124.95 Lacs. * 1336 Claims of Life cover of Rs. 30000 and 333 Claims of accident insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh have been paid till 13th November 2015. * Zero balance accounts in PMJDY have declined from 76% to 36.50 % from September 2014 to 11th....

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.... November 2015. * For providing Banking access in the country, out of total 159920 Sub-Service Areas (SSAs), 126003 SSAs have been covered through fixed location Bank Mitrs& 33100 SSAs have been covered through branches as on 13th November 2015. 817 SSAs are uncovered due to connectivity issue. * To ensure universal banking access more than 1.26 lakh Bank Mitrs have been deployed with on- line devices capable of e-KYC based account opening and significant number with interoperable payment facility. * Jan Dhan Yojana features in Guinness Book of World Records: Guinness World Records recognised the achievements made under PMJDY for opening&nbsp;&nbsp; 18,096,130 accounts by Banks in a week (from 23 to 29 August, 2014) as a part of Finan....

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....cial Inclusion Campaign.&nbsp; * Payment of wages under MNREGA: More than Rs 4273 crore have been routed through these accounts till June 2015 towards payment of wages under MNREGA. (Source: MNREGA, Ministry of Rural Development). * DBTL transactions: Transfer of subsidy of more than Rs 17446 crore through Jan Dhan accounts from November 2014 to 31st July 2015. (Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas). Pradhan Mantri Jan - Dhan Yojana&nbsp; (Accounts Opened as on 02.12.2015) (All Figures in Crores) Bank Name RURAL URBAN TOTAL NO OF RUPAY CARDS AADHAAR SEEDED BALANCE IN ACCOUNTS % OF ZERO-BALANCE-ACCOUNTS Public Sector Bank 8.39 6.80 15.20 13.46 7.03 21450.31 34.54 Regional Rural Bank 2.99 0.50 3.49 2.51 0.9....

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....8 4683.38 32.09 Private Banks 0.44 0.29 0.73 0.64 0.23 1149.36 41.10 Total 11.82 7.60 19.41 16.61 8.24 27283.06 34.31 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.&nbsp; &nbsp;PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA (PMMY) &nbsp;: " FUND THE UNFUNDED" &nbsp; In the Union Budget 2015-16, the Finance Minister proposed to create a Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank.&nbsp; &nbsp;Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been launched by the Prime Minister on 8th April, 2015 to provide formal access to credit for Non -Corporate Small Business Sector. Any Indian Citizen who has a business plan for a non-farm sector income generating activity such as manufacturing, processing, trading or service sector and whose credit need is less than10 lakh can ....

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....approach either a Bank, MFI, or NBFC for availing of MUDRA loans under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). Categories of loans: * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Loans&nbsp; upto Rs. 50,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shishu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Loans above Rs. 50, 000 and upto&nbsp; Rs. 5.0 lakh&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kishore&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Loans above Rs. 5.0 lakh and upto Rs. 10 lakh&nbsp; &nbsp; -&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tarun&nbsp; MUDRA Card is an innovative credit product wherein t....

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....he borrower can avail of credit in a hassle free and flexible manner. Public Sector Banks have been allocated a total target of Rs. 70,000 crore, and private sector/ Foreign Banks a target of Rs. 30000 cr. The RRBs were given a target of Rs. 22000 crore. All together, the target for loan disbursement under PMMY for F.Y 2015-16 is fixed at 1,22,000 crore. Achievements&nbsp; * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total Amount disbursed under PMMY- Rs. 45948.28 crore as on 25.11.2015. * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total No of borrowers-66,00,241 * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Women borrowers-23,50,542&nbsp; * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Entrepreneurs- 3286094 * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SC/ST/OBC borrowers- 2201944 * &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ....

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....Total&nbsp; Mudra Card issued - 198499 &nbsp; * No of Shishu Loans have nearly gone-up nearly six fold (from 7.2 lac to 47 Lac) and the amount disbursed shows a 283% hike. (from&nbsp; Rs. 1835 Cr. to Rs. 7046 Cr.) * In the Kishore loan category, disbursements have increased by 91% (from Rs. 8156 Cr. to Rs. 15704 Cr.) * In the Tarun Loan category, disbursements have increased by 21% (from Rs. 7851 Cr. to Rs. 9501 Cr.) JAN DHAN SE JAN SURAKSHA 3.&nbsp; &nbsp;ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY) &nbsp; &nbsp; The Government of India has introduced a pension scheme called the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), with effect from 1st June, 2015, pursuant to the announcement in the Budget for 2015-16 on creating a universal social security system for al....

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....l Indians, especially the poor, the under-privileged and the workers in the unorganised sector. APY is being administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the overall administrative and institutional architecture of the National Pension System (NPS). APY is being operationalised through CBS enabled Banks. Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Apex Cooperative Banks and District Central Cooperative Banks have already started the process of mobilization and registration of the subscribers' under Atal Pension Yojana. Achievements: A total of 10.35 lakh subscribers have been enrolled under the Scheme as on 24.11.2015. 4. PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA (PMSBY) The Pradhan....

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.... Mantri Suraksha BimaYojana (PMSBY) is a one year personal accident insurance scheme, annually renewable offering coverage of Rs. two lakh for death or permanent total disability and Rs. one lakh for permanent partial disability due to an accident. It is available to people in the age group of 18 to 70 years. * &#151;Subscription material made available in all regional languages. * &#151;An exclusive website www.jansuraksha.gov.in created by DFS with all relevant material / information, including forms, FAQs etc. * &#151;State wise toll free numbers allotted to respond to queries of the customers. Achievements * Gross enrolment reported by Banks is 9.16 crore under PMSBY as on 24.11.2015. * &#151;Under PMSBY the share of Public ....

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....Sector Banks (including RRBs) is 93.2%. * As on 23.11.2015, 1491Claims were registered under PMSBY, 740 have been disbursed.&nbsp; 5. PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA (PMJJBY) &nbsp; The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojana (PMJJBY) is a one year life insurance scheme, annually renewable offering coverage of Rs. two lakh for death due to any reason and is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years (life cover up to age 55 on payment of premium after enrolment up to age 50 years). * &#151; Subscription material made available in all regional languages. * &#151; An exclusive website www.jansuraksha.gov.in created by DFS with all relevant material / information, including forms, FAQs etc. * &#151; State wise tol....

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....l free numbers allotted to respond to queries of the customers. Achievements * &#151;Gross enrolment reported by Banks is 2.86 crore under PJJSBY as on 24.11.2015. * &#151;Under PMJJBY the share of Public Sector Banks (including RRBs) is 91%. * &nbsp;As on 23.11.2015, 8558 were registered under PMJJBY, 5955 have been disbursed.&nbsp; ============= Document 1PRADHAN MANT -DHAN YOJANA JAN- Hv MERA KHI BHAGYA VIDHATA Document 2 प्रधानमन योजना प्रधानमंत्री जन-धन योजना Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana श्री नरेन्à¤....

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....्र मोदी द्वारा Launch by Shri Narendra Modi Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Document 310 Launc DFC Bank ri Narend ime Ministe DEC LOAN 3579 2468 100 RuPay Document 4 | percentage of Zero Balance Accounts 11 PMIDY accounts. # The percentage of Zero Balance Accountsin PMJDY accounts. Document 5प्रधानमंत्री Rs. muda योजना Jaitley rendra Modi Document 6 भारत के माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोà¤....

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....ी के द्वारा Launch by Shri Narendra Modi Hon'ble Prim अटल पेंशन पाना Document 7 stinistry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India Financial Inclusion and Social Security Atal Jan Suraksha (Securing the unsecured) Pension Atal Pension Yojana (pension without tension) Yojana Pension of 1,000 to 5,000 after 60 years of age, focusing on all those not covered under any other social security programme Government will contribute 50% of the total contribution for five years, upto a maximum of 1,000/ annum MIB India Inbministry/ebministry Inbministry Inministry.blogspot.in /MIB India Document 8Jan-Dhan se Ja....

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....n Suraksha Document 9 Financial Inclusion and Social Security Jan Suraksha (Securing the unsecured) j Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana योगक्षमं वहाम्यहम Life Insurance worth 2 Lakhs at 90 paisa per day (in the event of death due to any reason) (i.e. 330 per annum) All between 18 to 50 years eligible Inministry Intrygin<BR> News - Press release - PIB....