41.94 crore accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

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....1.94 crore accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 15-3-2021<br><BR>As informed by banks, as on 24.02.2021, 41.93 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). State-wise number of accounts under PMJDY as on 24.02.2021 is at Annexure. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance....

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.... & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Giving more details, the Minister stated that the Government had announced a &#8377; 1.70 lakh crore 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana' relief package on 26.03.2020 to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 on the poor and needy and to help them in the fight against Corona Virus. The salient features of the package were:....

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.... * Comprehensive personal accident insurance cover of &#8377; 50 lakh for health workers fighting COVID-19. * Additional allocation of food grain @ 5 kg per person and pulses @ 1 kg per family per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the targeted public distribution system. * Front loading and payment in April, 2020 itself of the first instalment of &#8377; 2,000 due in 2020....

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....-21 to about 8.7 crore farmers under the PM KISAN Yojana. * An ex-gratia of &#8377; 500 per month for three months to 20.40 crore (approx) women PMJDY account-holders and release of &#8377; 1000/- to around 3 crore aged widows and persons in Divyang category. * Free of cost LPG cylinders to 8 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. * Providing 24% of the monthly wages into PF a....

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....ccounts of wage-earners earning below &#8377; 15,000 per month, in businesses with less than 100 workers, for three months to prevent disruption in employment. * Increasing (i) MNREGA wages by &#8377; 20 w.e.f. 01.04.2020 and (ii) Limit of collateral free lending from &#8377; 10 to &#8377; 20 lakh for women organized through 63 lakh Self Help Groups who support 6.85 crore households. * Amendme....

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....nt to Employees' Provident Fund Regulations to include Pandemic as the reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75% of the amount or three months wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts. * Directions issued to State Governments to utilize: a. Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund for assistance and support to around 3.5 Crore registered workers & b. District Mineral Fu....

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....nd for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing, screening and other requirements to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic as well as treat the patients affected with this pandemic. **** RM/KMN<BR> News - Press release - PIB....