PMJDY, the National Mission for Financial Inclusion, had completed seven years of implementation in August last year. It was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address on August 15, 2014.
कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता जयराम रमेश ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की ओर से जन-धन योजना के सात साल पूरा होने पर इसकी सराहना किये जाने के बाद शनिवार को आरोप लगाया कि प्रधानमंत्री पुरानी योजनाओं के नाम बदलकर उन्हें
Bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) have increased to 43 crore with total deposits over Rs 1.46 lakh crore, the finance ministry on Saturday said as the government's flagship financial inclusion scheme completes seven years of implementation.
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Strongly opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi s plans to privatise all public sector banks (PSBs), the Unted Forum of Banking Unions on Thursday said that it could imperil Rs 80 lakh crore hard-earned money belonging to the people.
UFBU Convenor Devidas Tuljapurkar said that the move could prove counterproductive as the private sector banks will work towards accounting profits vis-a-vis the PSBs which strive towards social profits .
To protest the move to privatise the PSBs, the UFBU will go on a two-day nationwide strike on March 15-16, he said.
India is still confronted by poverty, unemployment, hunger, there is acute economic disparity and geographical imbalances There is a need to implement social sector lending schemes in which the private sector banks hardly contribute, Tuljapurkar said.