Lok Sabha Question No. 404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Bank Accounts for Unorganised Sector
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUDHEER GUPTA, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## 404

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD FEBRUARY, 2017 (FRIDAYJMAGHA 14, 1938 (SAKA)

## Bank Accounts for Unorganised Sector

404. KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the banks have launched a massive drive to open banks accounts of labourers and unorganised workers in villages and unbanked demonetization;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of camps organised by public sector banks till date after the demonetization, bank-wise;
- (c) the number of new bank accounts opened and the number of cards issued during the said period, bank-wise;
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the areas in the country?
- (d) whether the Government has takenlproposes to take any steps for disbursement of wageslsalary to labourers in unorganized sector digitally in the country and if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and SO,
- Government to open banks in unbanked

## Answer The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (c) The government advised Public Sector Banks (PSB) to organise special camps to open accounts of the workers in unorganised sector and   during 23.11.2016 to 27.01.2017 , 5.3 camps have been   organized, 91.66 lakh accounts have been opened in these camps across the country. Bank-wise number of camps organized and accounts opened is Annexed: The total number of RuPay cards issued by PSBs till 18.01.2017 is 17.06 crore: Bank wise details are contained in the Annexure
- (d) and (e) The government has advised banks to make special arrangements to facilitate payment of wageslsalaries of workers such as providing mobile ATMs in industrial clusters. Banks have also been advised to deploy bank mitr in the tea gardens for opening of bank accounts and to carryout transactions. Banks have deployed 1.26 lakh bank mitr in sub-service areas to provide banking services in rural areas:

Annexure for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.404 for answer on 3.2.2017 raised by Kunwar Haribansh  Singh, MP and 7 others   regarding Bank Accounts for Unorganised Sector"\_

| SNo.   | Name of Public Sector Banks         |   Total Camps Conducted (From 23.11.2016 to 27.1.2017) |   Total Accounts opened in CBS (From 23.11.2016 to 27.1.2017) |   No of Rupay Debit Card as on 18.01.2017 |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        | Allahabad Bank                      |                                                  13554 |                                                        783295 |                                   5040712 |
| 2      | Andhra Bank                         |                                                   6154 |                                                        124404 |                                   1925336 |
| 3      | Bank of Baroda                      |                                                  20447 |                                                        532166 |                                  17814480 |
|        | Bank of India                       |                                                  40862 |                                                       1126172 |                                  15581767 |
| 5      | Bank of Maharastra                  |                                                   3518 |                                                         43959 |                                   1723509 |
| 6      | Bhartiya Mahila Bank                |                                                   3346 |                                                         15090 |                                     69125 |
|        | Canara Bank                         |                                                  12944 |                                                        491146 |                                   4273988 |
| 8      | Central Bank of India               |                                                  30084 |                                                        338080 |                                   6113331 |
| 9      | Corporation Bank                    |                                                   9511 |                                                        313368 |                                   2597069 |
| 10     | Dena Bank                           |                                                  13025 |                                                        234181 |                                   2619144 |
| 11     | IDBI                                |                                                   7954 |                                                         81359 |                                    956128 |
| 12     | Indian bank                         |                                                   8240 |                                                        166700 |                                   3158727 |
| 13     | Indian Overseas Bank                |                                                   8218 |                                                        115188 |                                   3821396 |
| 14     | Oriental Bank of Commerce           |                                                   6452 |                                                        193542 |                                   3664702 |
| 15     | Punjab & Sind Bank                  |                                                   3909 |                                                         33059 |                                   1249803 |
| 16     | Punjab National Bank                |                                                  54124 |                                                       1223315 |                                  13772163 |
| 17     | State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur    |                                                   7505 |                                                        158146 |                                   3459129 |
| 18     | State Bank of Hyderabad             |                                                   9853 |                                                        141765 |                                   2740078 |
| 19     | State Bank of India                 |                                                 175963 |                                                       1118844 |                                  54535871 |
| 20     | State Bank of Mysore                |                                                   9363 |                                                         77253 |                                    883804 |
| 21     | State Bank of Patiala State Bank of |                                                   2104 |                                                        172664 |                                   1043541 |
| 22     | Travancore                          |                                                   4421 |                                                         41642 |                                    383538 |
| 23     | Syndicate Bank                      |                                                  11332 |                                                        168885 |                                   3727947 |
| 24     | Uco Bank                            |                                                  35821 |                                                        476201 |                                   3869473 |
| 25     | Union bank of India                 |                                                  21462 |                                                        665395 |                                   5325830 |
| 26     | United Bank of India                |                                                   7392 |                                                        220781 |                                   8859402 |
| 27     | Vijaya Bank                         |                                                   2944 |                                                        110243 |                                   1460729 |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL                               |                                                 530502 |                                                       9166843 |                                 170670722 |