Lok Sabha Question No. 3926 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-09
Subject: Financial Literacy Scheme
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No\_ 3926

1938 (SAKA)

Financial Literacy Scheme

3926. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented any financial literacy schemes for the rural people utilising the services of the banks first time;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the measures taken to make such people financially literate?

## Answer

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (c) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have advised Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) of banks and rural branches to conduct at least one special camp in a month for newly included people in the financial system including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account holders.

As per data available in this Financial FLCs and rural branches have conducted total 13768 special camps across the country: State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3926 for 09.12.2016 Financial Literacy Scheme

| State                | No. of Camps conducted for newly included people in   |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1/A&N                | 3                                                     |
| 2 Andhra Pradesh     | 567                                                   |
| 3/Assam              | 35                                                    |
|                      | 381                                                   |
| 5 Chandigarh         | 53                                                    |
| 6 Chhattisgarh       | 421                                                   |
| 7 Dadra Nagar haveli |                                                       |
| 8 Delhi              | 97                                                    |
| 9 Diu & Daman        |                                                       |
| 10/Goa               |                                                       |
| 11/Gujarat           | 252                                                   |
| 12 Haryana           | 1592                                                  |
| 13/Himachal Pradesh  | 195                                                   |
|                      | 153                                                   |
| 15 Jharkhand         | 429                                                   |
| 16/Karnataka         | 1769                                                  |
| 17|Kerala       | 798                                                   |
| 18]Lakshwadeep       | 17                                                    |
| 19 Madhya Pradesh    | 1300                                                  |
|                      | 770                                                   |
| 21/Manipur           | 6                                                     |
| 22]Meghalaya         |                                                       |
| 23 Mizoram           |                                                       |
| 24/Odisha            | 149                                                   |
| 25 Puducherry        | 13                                                    |
| 26/Punjab            | 810                                                   |
| 27|Rajasthan    | 1934                                                  |
| 28 Tamilnadu         | 532                                                   |
|                      | 602                                                   |
|                      | 123                                                   |
| 31 Uttar Pradesh     | 547                                                   |
| 32/Uttarakhand       | 105                                                   |
| 33 West Bengal       |                                                       |
| Grand Total          | 13768                                                 |

Source: RBI