Lok Sabha Question No. 3020 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: PMJD Yojana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3020

Answered on Monday, March 15, 2021/ Phalguna 24, 1942 (Saka)

## PMJD Yojana

## 3020. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- the present number of beneficiaries registered under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan (PMJD) Yojana, State-wise;
- whether it is true that the onset of the COVIDI9 pandemic has accelerated the need for providing income support; and
- if whether the Government is considering information from MGNREGA, PM Ujjwala, PDS and local institutions such as the Panchayat to expand the reach of cash transfers to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 and if so, the details thereof? using

## Answer

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) As informed by banks, as on 24.02.2021,41.93 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) State-wise number of accounts under PMJDY as on 24.02.2021 is at Annexure.

Kalyan Yojana relief package on 26.03.2020 to combat the economic impact of COVID19 on the poor and needy and to help them in the fight against Corona Virus. The salient features of the package were:

Comprehensive personal accident insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh for health workers fighting COVID-19.

(ii) Additional allocation of food 5 kg per person and kg per family per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the targeted public distribution system. grain

(iii) Front loading and payment in April, 2020 itself of the first instalment of Rs 2,000 due in 2020-21 to about 8.7 crore farmers under the PM KISAN Yojana:

(iv) An ex-gratia of Rs 5O0 per month for three months to 20.40 crore (approx) women PMJDY account-holders and release of Rs.1000/- to around 3 crore widows and persons in Divyang category. aged

Free of cost LPG cylinders to 8 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

(vi) Providing 24% of the monthly wages into PF accounts of wage-earners earning below disruption in employment.

(vii) Increasing (i) MNREGA wages by Rs. 20 w.e.f01.04.2020 and (ii) Limit of collateral free lending from Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 lakh for women organized through 63 lakh Self Help Groups who support 6.85 crore households.

(viii) Amendment to Employees" Provident Fund Regulations to include Pandemic as the reason to allow non-refiindable advance of 75% of the amount or three months wages, whichever is lower; from their accounts.

(ix) Directions issued to State Governments to utilize (a) Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund for assistance and support to around 3.5 Crore registered workers & (b) District Mineral Fund for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing; screening and other requirements to prevent the of COVID-19 pandemic as well as treat the patients affected with this pandemic. spread

Annexure as referred to in part (a) of reply to the Lok Sabha question No. 3020 for 15.03.2021 regarding "PMJD Yojana"

| State-wise PMJDY accounts as on 24.02.2021   | State-wise PMJDY accounts as on 24.02.2021   | State-wise PMJDY accounts as on 24.02.2021   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| SNo:                                         | State                                        | Total PMJDY accounts                         |
|                                              | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                    | 47714                                        |
| 2                                            | Andhra Pradesh                               | 1281559                                      |
| 3                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 353791                                       |
| 4                                            | Assam_                                       | 18440946                                     |
| 5                                            | Bihar                                        | 48174984                                     |
|                                              | Chandigarh                                   | 267595                                       |
|                                              | Chhattisgarh                                 | 15298722                                     |
| 8                                            | Dadra & Haveli Nagar                         | 145508                                       |
| 9                                            | Daman & Diu                                  | 59721                                        |
| 10                                           | Delhi                                        | 4789940                                      |
| M                                            | Goa                                          | 169129                                       |
| 12                                           | Gujarat                                      | 15961681                                     |
| 13                                           | Haryana                                      | 7868803                                      |
| 14                                           | Himachal Pradesh                             | 1495062                                      |
| 15                                           | Jammu & Kashmir                              | 2454278                                      |
| 16                                           | Jharkhand                                    | 15389866                                     |
| 17                                           | Karnataka                                    | 15432391                                     |
| 18                                           | Kerala                                       | 4718225                                      |
| 19                                           | Ladakh                                       | 20822                                        |
| 20                                           | Lakshadweep_                                 | 5990                                         |
| 21                                           | Madhya Pradesh                               | 35236683                                     |
| 22                                           | Maharashtra                                  | 29810673                                     |
| 23                                           | Manipur                                      | 1021973                                      |
| 24                                           | Meghalaya                                    | 588123                                       |
| 25                                           | Mizoram                                      | 320251                                       |
| 26                                           | Nagaland                                     | 326542                                       |
| 27                                           | Odisha                                       | 17190154                                     |
| 28                                           | Puducherry                                   | 163649                                       |
| 29                                           | Punjab                                       | 7306465                                      |
| 30                                           | Rajasthan                                    | 29161136                                     |
| 31                                           | Sikkim                                       | 87036                                        |
| 32                                           | Tamil Nadu                                   | 11078369                                     |
| 33                                           | Telangana                                    | 10148386                                     |
| 34                                           | Tripura                                      | 907768                                       |
| 35                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                | 71002480                                     |
| 36                                           | Uttarakhand                                  | 2719535                                      |
| 37                                           | West Bengal                                  | 40151497                                     |
| Total                                        | Total                                        | 419267447                                    |

Source: Banks