Lok Sabha Question No. 2155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2155

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  DECEMBER 2019/11 TH  AGRAHAYANA 1941(SAKA)

## SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI YOJANA

## 2155.   SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

## QUESTION

## Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  accounts  opened  under  the  Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana started for girls in the country during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  concrete  steps  taken  for  successful  implementation  of  this scheme  and  to  provide  maximum  benefit  to  the  girls  across  the country;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  fixed  any  role  of  the  States under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): A  table  showing  State/UT-wise  number  of  accounts  opened  under  the Sukanya Samriddhi Account for the last two years, is attached as Annexure-I.
- (b): The Scheme is being given due publicity and campaigns to open accounts are launched by Post Offices and Banks from time to time for information of the public.
- (c)&(d): No. The Union Government has not fixed any role of the States under the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme.

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## Annexure-I

Table showing State/UT-wise number of accounts opened under the Sukanya

## Samriddhi Account

| Sr. No.   | State / UT             |   Total number of account opened during 2017-18 |   Total number of account opened during 2018-19 |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar    |                                             478 |                                             451 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         |                                          109082 |                                          128220 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                            2397 |                                            2057 |
| 4         | Assam                  |                                           26884 |                                           27235 |
| 5         | Bihar                  |                                          148992 |                                          162427 |
| 6         | Chandigarh             |                                            3799 |                                            2891 |
| 7         | Chattisgarh            |                                          119087 |                                           95570 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                             393 |                                             229 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu          |                                             484 |                                             248 |
| 10        | Delhi                  |                                           60448 |                                           64511 |
| 11        | Goa                    |                                            5695 |                                            6107 |
| 12        | Gujarat                |                                          109226 |                                          129671 |
| 13        | Haryana                |                                           75302 |                                          105602 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh       |                                           43872 |                                           44694 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir      |                                           10319 |                                            9412 |
| 16        | Jharkhand              |                                           44819 |                                           42259 |
| 17        | Karnataka              |                                          134903 |                                          217327 |
| 18        | Kerala                 |                                           58436 |                                           94015 |
| 19        | Lakshdweep             |                                             -24 |                                              29 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh         |                                          117524 |                                          502106 |
| 21        | Maharashtra            |                                          241222 |                                          273637 |
| 22        | Manipur                |                                            3656 |                                            3231 |
| 23        | Meghalaya              |                                            2474 |                                            3259 |
| 24        | Mizoram                |                                             529 |                                            1809 |
| 25        | Nagaland               |                                             704 |                                             735 |
| 26        | Odisha                 |                                           98798 |                                          110772 |
| 27        | Puducherry             |                                            3575 |                                            4950 |
| 28        | Punjab                 |                                           66347 |                                           95469 |
| 29        | Rajasthan              |                                          198545 |                                          216878 |
| 30        | Sikkim                 |                                            1267 |                                            2343 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu             |                                          158396 |                                          268685 |
| 32        | Telangana              |                                           86351 |                                          100021 |
| 33        | Tripura                |                                            3841 |                                            4255 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh          |                                          238317 |                                          255844 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand            |                                           50398 |                                           67253 |
| 36        | West Bengal            |                                          101134 |                                           92996 |
|           | Total                  |                                         2327670 |                                         3137198 |

*Note: Figures from Department of Posts and Banks are provisional and subject to revision.