INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Arun Jaitley said that 32.41 crore accounts have been opened under the scheme.New Delhi: The government on Wednesday decided to make the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) an open-ended scheme and added more incentives to encourage people to open bank accounts
Briefing reporters about the cabinet decision, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said as the scheme has been a "runway success", the government
has decided to make it an open-ended scheme, meaning that it will continue indefinitely
The PMJDY was launched in August 2014 for a period of four years as a national mission for financial inclusion to ensure access of financial
83 per cent of the accounts are seeded with Aadhaar.
