Lok Sabha Question No. 1645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: PMJDY Accounts in Assam Tea Gardens
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: NABA KUMAR SARANIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1645

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018/Shravana 5, 1940 (Saka)

## PMJDY Accounts in Assam Tea Gardens

1645. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  accounts  opened  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana (PMJDY) in Assam, zone-wise;
- (b) the total number of tea gardens in which accounts have been opened under the PMJDY in Assam; and
- (c) whether ATM machines have been installed in all the tea gardens of Assam and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## Answer

## The  Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

## (SHRI  SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a)  As  informed  by  banks  1,30,50,728  accounts  have  been  opened  under  the  Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in Assam. The District-wise data is Annexed.
- (b) As informed by the Convenor of State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) of Assam, the total numbers of tea gardens in which accounts have been opened under the PMJDY in the state are 669.
- (c) The Convenor of State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) of Assam has informed that 54
- ATM machines are installed in the tea gardens of the state.

However ATM machines have not been installed in all the tea gardens due to lack of network availability and non viability of such ATMs.

## Annexure to LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1645 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018/Shravana 5, 1940 (Saka) District-wise PMJDY Accounts in Assam As on 18.07.2018

| District Name       | Number of PMJDY Accounts   |
|---------------------|----------------------------|
| Baksa               | 307463                     |
| Barpeta             | 808074                     |
| Bongaigaon          | 266027                     |
| Cachar              | 686159                     |
| Chirang             | 228912                     |
| Darrang             | 474170                     |
| Dhemaji             | 443983                     |
| Dhubri              | 918467                     |
| Dibrugarh           | 418093                     |
| Dima Hasao          | 43639                      |
| Goalpara            | 430851                     |
| Golaghat            | 477850                     |
| Hailakandi          | 315080                     |
| Jorhat              | 427702                     |
| Kamrup              | 612328                     |
| Kamrup Metropolitan | 240396                     |
| Karbi Anglong       | 220475                     |
| Karimganj           | 486954                     |
| Kokrajhar           | 368769                     |
| Lakhimpur           | 514355                     |
| Morigaon            | 482833                     |
| Nagaon              | 1493756                    |
| Nalbari             | 304506                     |
| Sivasagar           | 460771                     |
| Sonitpur            | 720115                     |
| Tinsukia            | 466677                     |
| Udalguri            | 432323                     |
| Total               | 13050728                   |
| Source: Banks       |                            |