25.68 crore accounts have been opened across the country till 23.11.2016 under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

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....5.68 crore accounts have been opened across the country till 23.11.2016 under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 9-12-2016<br><BR>The main objective of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is to cover all households with at least one bank account per household. Under the Yojana 25.68 crore accounts have been opened across the country till 23.11.2016. Cl....

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....aims under PMJDY for life insurance cover of &#8377; 30000/- to those beneficiaries who open their accounts for the first time from 15.08.2014 to 31.01.2015 and for RuPay Card linked accidental insurance cover of &#8377; 1.00 lakh are disposed of expeditiously. As on 02.12.2016, 3883 claims under life insurance cover of &#8377; 30000/- have been received, out of which 3870 claims have been dispose....

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....d off. As on 02.12.2016, 1675 claims under RuPay card linked accidental insurance cover of &#8377; 1.00 lakh have been received, out of which 1649 claims have been disposed off. The performance of the scheme is continuously monitored in the Department through weekly video conference and any irregularity, if comes to notice, is sorted out in consultation with the concerned stake-holder. The Governm....

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....ent is also monitoring the number of claims settled and sort out issues, if any, in consultation with concerned stake-holder. This was stated by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....