More than 55% women have Jan Dhan Yojana accounts in Rajasthan | Ajmer

Posted On October 27th, 2021, Posted By - Admin

Rajasthan was also among the top five states with 1.48 crore beneficiaries in the country JAIPUR: Rajasthan is one among the 11 states in the country where more than 55 per cent of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account holders are women, an RTI response has revealed.

In the state, 55.37 per cent (1.48 crore) of the total 2.68 crore PMJDY account holders are women, stated a reply to an RTI application filed by Venkatesh Nayak. Out of 43.47 crore PMJDY account holders in the country, 24.15 crore (55.55%) are women, according to the data.

Among the 29 states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) recorded the highest percentage of women beneficiaries at 88.32 per cent. Meghalaya took the second position with more than 67 per cent PMJDY account holders being women, followed by Kerala at third position with more than 60 per cent PMJDY account holders being women in March 2020.

The states of Assam (59.48%), Nagaland (58.17%) Tamil Nadu (57.46%), Arunachal Pradesh (55.95%), Jharkhand (55.81%), Himachal Pradesh (55.76%), Bihar (55.66%) and Rajasthan (55.37%) recorded more than 55% women PMJDY account holders till March 2020.

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh (54.63%), Manipur (54.58%), Odisha (54.35%), Karnataka (54.26%), West Bengal (53.21%), Uttar Pradesh (53.06%), Maharashtra (52.53%), Uttarakhand (51.50%), Madhya Pradesh (51.40%) and Tripura (50.17%) women PMJDY account holders constituted more than 50% of the total beneficiaries.

Earlier, it was reported that Jaipur was in the fifth position among all districts in the country in terms of the number of women beneficiaries who received an ex gratia amount of Rs 1500 in three instalments under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). In all, 11.97 lakh beneficiaries in Jaipur had received the amount in their accounts.

Data also revealed that while all districts in Rajasthan were covered in the ministry of rural development’s list, 1.98 lakh beneficiaries belonged to the “unspecified” district category, which means the ‘the districts of residence’ of the women beneficiaries was not available. Rajasthan was also among the top five states with 1.48 crore beneficiaries in the country. Source:timesofindia