Lok Sabha Question No. 1327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: APY Coverage
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

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## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1327 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 09, 2018/MAGHA 20, 1939 (SAKA) APY COVERAGE

1327. Shri R. Dhruva Narayana

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has managed to open 1,03,000 accounts under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in the State of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of success of the scheme in other States; and
- (c) the time by which the Government plans to roll out this scheme to the entire country?

## ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla)

(a) & (b) The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has informed that  the  number  of  subscribers  under  Atal  Pension  Yojana  (APY)  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh as on 27 th January, 2018, is 12, 05, 350. The details are at Annexure A . As on 27 th January, 2018, the number of subscribers under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in the country, State/UT-wise, is 84,53,971. The details are at Annexure B.

(c)    The  APY  has  been  launched  by  the  Government  of  India  in  May,  2015  and  the registration of subscribers under APY started from June 1, 2015. All Indian Citizens between the age group of 18 to 40 years are eligible to join APY through their savings bank account or post office savings bank account. The scheme was rolled out for entire country.

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## Annexure A referred to the reply to part (a) of Un Starred Question No. 1327 due for answer on 09.02.2018

The number of subscribers registered under APY, in Uttar Pradesh as on 27 th January, 2018, is as under:

|   Sr. No. | Bank Name                                   |   No. of APY subscribers registered |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Vijaya Bank                                 |                               12000 |
|         2 | United Bank Of India                        |                                7555 |
|         3 | Bank Of Baroda                              |                              143181 |
|         4 | Canara Bank                                 |                               39941 |
|         5 | Punjab And Sind Bank                        |                               18489 |
|         6 | Andhra Bank                                 |                               12936 |
|         7 | Bank Of India                               |                               31775 |
|         8 | Bank Of Maharashtra                         |                                5822 |
|         9 | Allahabad Bank                              |                               41386 |
|        10 | AXIS Bank                                   |                                7903 |
|        11 | Central Bank Of India                       |                               25116 |
|        12 | Union Bank Of India                         |                               64908 |
|        13 | HDFC Bank Ltd                               |                               18878 |
|        14 | Dena Bank                                   |                                3983 |
|        15 | Baroda Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank            |                              148168 |
|        16 | ICICI Bank Limited                          |                                5275 |
|        17 | Corporation Bank                            |                                7953 |
|        18 | State Bank Of India                         |                               93975 |
|        19 | Oriental Bank Of Commerce                   |                               16307 |
|        20 | Department Of Posts Ministry Of Comm And IT |                                2567 |
|        21 | Punjab National Bank                        |                               80034 |
|        22 | Allahabad UP Gramin Bank                    |                               63371 |
|        23 | UCO Bank                                    |                                7687 |
|        24 | Gramin Bank Of Aryavart                     |                               93831 |
|        25 | Indian Bank                                 |                                7721 |
|        26 | Syndicate Bank                              |                               20714 |
|        27 | Purvanchal Bank                             |                               45645 |
|        28 | Indian Overseas Bank                        |                                4022 |
|        29 | IDBI Bank Ltd                               |                                2332 |
|        30 | Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank              |                               51900 |
|        31 | Sarva UP Gramin Bank                        |                               66090 |
|        32 | Prathama Bank                               |                               45467 |

| 33          | Karnataka Bank Limited                                  |    1377 |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 34          | Bandhan Bank Limited                                    |     219 |
| 35          | Yes Bank Limited                                        |     490 |
| 36          | Kotak Mahindra Bank                                     |     291 |
| 37          | City Union Bank Ltd                                     |      30 |
| 38          | The Nainital Bank Ltd                                   |     767 |
| 39          | Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Pvt Ltd                        |      22 |
| 40          | The Jammu And Kashmir Bank Ltd                          |      85 |
| 41          | The Federal Bank Ltd                                    |     131 |
| 42          | The Karur Vysya Bank Ltd                                |      17 |
| 43          | RBL Bank Limited                                        |       5 |
| 44          | Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited                                  |      32 |
| 45          | The South Indian Bank Ltd Marketing Department Nps Cell |      53 |
| 46          | The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd                              |       2 |
| 47          | The Catholic Syrian Bank Limited                        |      27 |
| 48          | Indusind Bank Limited                                   |    4638 |
| 49          | District Cooperative Bank Ltd. Pratapgarh               |     131 |
| 50          | Zila Sahakari Bank Ltd. Lalitpur                        |      52 |
| 51          | IDFC Bank Limited                                       |       0 |
| 52          | DCB Bank Limited                                        |       0 |
| 53          | District Co-Operative Bank Ltd Raebareli                |      11 |
| 54          | Zila Sahkari Bank Limited Jhansi                        |      38 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                             | 1205350 |

Source: PFRDA

## Annexure B referred to the reply to part (b) of Un Starred Question No. 1327 due for answer on 09.02.2018

The number of subscribers registered under APY, State/ UT-wise as on 27 th January, 2018 is as under:

|   S.No. | Name of State            | Count of PRAN*   |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 3,293            |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           | 575,116          |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 6,299            |
|       4 | Assam                    | 176,115          |
|       5 | Bihar                    | 912,551          |
|       6 | Chandigarh               | 13,176           |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             | 132,414          |
|       8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 8,919            |
|       9 | Daman &Diu               | 14,600           |
|      10 | Delhi                    | 148,482          |
|      11 | Goa                      | 19,210           |
|      12 | Gujarat                  | 406,822          |
|      13 | Haryana                  | 175,172          |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh         | 57,144           |
|      15 | Jammu &Kashmir           | 37,526           |
|      16 | Jharkhand                | 192,271          |
|      17 | Karnataka                | 556,223          |
|      18 | Kerala                   | 184,903          |
|      19 | Lakshadweep              | 3,241            |

| 20   | Madhya Pradesh   | 430,181   |
|------|------------------|-----------|
| 21   | Maharashtra      | 633,168   |
| 22   | Manipur          | 10,238    |
| 23   | Meghalaya        | 10,246    |
| 24   | Mizoram          | 13,708    |
| 25   | Nagaland         | 30,390    |
| 26   | Orissa           | 301,544   |
| 27   | Pondicherry      | 14,679    |
| 28   | Punjab           | 270,790   |
| 29   | Rajasthan        | 442,163   |
| 30   | Sikkim           | 16,711    |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu       | 694,879   |
| 32   | Telangana        | 229,967   |
| 33   | Tripura          | 17,184    |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh    | 1,205,350 |
| 35   | Uttaranchal      | 70,974    |
| 36   | West Bengal      | 438,322   |
|      | Total            | 8453971   |

*PRAN-Permanent Retirement Account Number Source: PFRDA