Lok Sabha Question No. 4307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4307 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY MARCH 27, 2023 / Chaitra 6, 1945 (Saka) PRADHAN MANTRI SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI YOJANA

## 4307. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  date  on  which  Pradhan  Mantri  Sukanya  Samriddhi  Yojana  was  launched  by  the Government for safe future of girls in the country along with the details thereof;
- (b)  whether there is any laid down criteria for the selection of beneficiaries of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the details of the number of eligible girls benefited from the said scheme since December, 2022, State/UT-wise and year-wise; and
- (d)  the district-wise details of the girls benefitted and the amount provided to them under the said scheme in the State of Rajasthan during each of the last four years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

( SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY )

- (a)  Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) Scheme was notified by Government vide Gazette Notification G.S.R. No.863(E) dated 02.12.2014 and launched formally on 22.01.2015.
- (b)  SSA is a deposit Scheme and an account under this Scheme may be opened by one of the guardian in the name of a girl child, who has not attained the age of ten years as on the date of opening of the account.
- (c)  Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of outstanding number of accounts opened under SSA since December, 2022 to February, 2023 is attached as 'Annexure-1'.
- (d)  SSA is deposit scheme wherein the account holder makes deposit as per the provision of the Scheme. The district-wise details of outstanding number of accounts and outstanding balance  under  SSA  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  during  last  four  years  is  attached  as 'Annexure-2'.

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'Annexure-1' Outstanding number of accounts opened under SSA (State/UT-wise)

|   S.No. | Name of State               | As on 31.12.2022   | As on 31.01.2023   | As on 28.02.2023   |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 11,002             | 11,124             | 11,354             |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 1,450,499          | 1,460,629          | 1,531,213          |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 23,182             | 23,377             | 27,586             |
|       4 | ASSAM                       | 616,719            | 623,552            | 663,863            |
|       5 | BIHAR                       | 1,705,170          | 1,733,458          | 1,830,768          |
|       6 | CHANDIGARHl                 | 54,854             | 55,606             | 57,214             |
|       7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 991,460            | 1,016,752          | 1,066,898          |
|       8 | DELHI                       | 627,154            | 632,710            | 648,664            |
|       9 | GOA                         | 58,028             | 58,551             | 60,356             |
|      10 | GUJARAT                     | 1,667,717          | 1,680,226          | 1,773,353          |
|      11 | HARYANA                     | 938,410            | 946,086            | 970,055            |
|      12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 414,913            | 417,172            | 448,007            |
|      13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 210,521            | 212,766            | 227,063            |
|      14 | JHARKHAND                   | 531,289            | 538,467            | 593,617            |
|      15 | KARNATAKA                   | 2,448,215          | 2,465,434          | 2,571,221          |
|      16 | KERALA                      | 1,053,283          | 1,059,892          | 1,094,487          |
|      17 | LADAKH                      | 7,559              | 7,652              | 8,614              |
|      18 | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 928                | 933                | 948                |
|      19 | MADHYA PRADESH              | 2,527,795          | 2,539,269          | 2,614,255          |
|      20 | MAHARASHTRA                 | 2,875,136          | 2,915,383          | 3,068,090          |
|      21 | MANIPUR                     | 57,651             | 58,159             | 63,150             |
|      22 | MEGHALAYA                   | 18,688             | 18,885             | 22,736             |
|      23 | MIZORAM                     | 13,195             | 13,416             | 16,290             |
|      24 | NAGALAND                    | 18,205             | 18,326             | 20,534             |
|      25 | ODISHA                      | 1,406,966          | 1,428,761          | 1,495,489          |

| 26    | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 61,983     | 62,514     | 63,936     |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 27    | PUNJAB                                       | 806,360    | 815,510    | 846,322    |
| 28    | RAJASTHAN                                    | 1,984,007  | 2,013,974  | 2,149,868  |
| 29    | SIKKIM                                       | 17,852     | 17,934     | 18,874     |
| 30    | TAMIL NADU                                   | 3,138,182  | 3,166,760  | 3,265,946  |
| 31    | TELANGANA                                    | 1,050,864  | 1,063,810  | 1,115,624  |
| 32    | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 17,239     | 17,395     | 17,853     |
| 33    | TRIPURA                                      | 50,223     | 50,843     | 58,486     |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 3,607,698  | 3,650,860  | 3,787,641  |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 558,467    | 563,015    | 584,120    |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL                                  | 1,490,681  | 1,503,168  | 1,617,199  |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                                        | 32,512,095 | 32,862,369 | 34,411,694 |

|                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        | 'Annexure-2'                                                           |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding | District-wise details of outstanding number of account and outstanding |
| Sr. No.                                                                | District Name                                                          | As on 31.03.2019                                                       | As on 31.03.2019                                                       | As on 31.03.2020                                                       | As on 31.03.2020                                                       | As on 31.03.2021                                                       | As on 31.03.2021                                                       | As on 31.03.2022                                                       | As on 31.03.2022                                                       |
| Sr. No.                                                                | District Name                                                          | Outstanding number of account                                          | Outstanding amount (₹ In Crore)                                        | Outstanding number of account                                          | Outstanding amount (₹ In Crore)                                        | Outstanding number of account                                          | Outstanding amount (₹ In Crore)                                        | Outstanding number of account                                          | Outstanding amount (₹ In Crore)                                        |
| 1                                                                      | AJMER                                                                  | 62919                                                                  | 141.47                                                                 | 77269                                                                  | 227.38                                                                 | 98051                                                                  | 319.81                                                                 | 119991                                                                 | 431.53                                                                 |
| 2                                                                      | ALWAR                                                                  | 47458                                                                  | 146.36                                                                 | 63963                                                                  | 238.74                                                                 | 74736                                                                  | 341.88                                                                 | 88772                                                                  | 481.43                                                                 |
| 3                                                                      | BANSWARA                                                               | 8687                                                                   | 19.29                                                                  | 8780                                                                   | 26.80                                                                  | 13663                                                                  | 37.81                                                                  | 18521                                                                  | 53.12                                                                  |
| 4                                                                      | BARAN                                                                  | 8894                                                                   | 13.89                                                                  | 12080                                                                  | 23.48                                                                  | 17960                                                                  | 36.83                                                                  | 24213                                                                  | 53.12                                                                  |
| 5                                                                      | BARMER                                                                 | 28290                                                                  | 51.75                                                                  | 25411                                                                  | 59.02                                                                  | 40206                                                                  | 87.70                                                                  | 61875                                                                  | 135.63                                                                 |
| 6                                                                      | BHARATPUR                                                              | 22244                                                                  | 63.24                                                                  | 28223                                                                  | 103.80                                                                 | 37202                                                                  | 149.92                                                                 | 51110                                                                  | 225.14                                                                 |
| 7                                                                      | BHILWARA                                                               | 34781                                                                  | 64.80                                                                  | 37450                                                                  | 87.31                                                                  | 53090                                                                  | 126.01                                                                 | 68150                                                                  | 175.26                                                                 |
| 8                                                                      | BIKANER                                                                | 19851                                                                  | 61.94                                                                  | 29751                                                                  | 93.36                                                                  | 45535                                                                  | 136.50                                                                 | 64184                                                                  | 193.08                                                                 |
| 9                                                                      | BUNDI                                                                  | 8650                                                                   | 19.03                                                                  | 17778                                                                  | 23.48                                                                  | 26476                                                                  | 36.58                                                                  | 32868                                                                  | 50.78                                                                  |
| 10                                                                     | CHITTORGARH                                                            | 25137                                                                  | 38.35                                                                  | 20646                                                                  | 57.26                                                                  | 29561                                                                  | 83.64                                                                  | 36423                                                                  | 115.13                                                                 |
| 11                                                                     | CHURU                                                                  | 21457                                                                  | 47.21                                                                  | 23915                                                                  | 67.81                                                                  | 36921                                                                  | 101.83                                                                 | 51896                                                                  | 147.35                                                                 |
| 12                                                                     | DAUSA                                                                  | 16581                                                                  | 36.78                                                                  | 23109                                                                  | 60.26                                                                  | 30220                                                                  | 90.23                                                                  | 39549                                                                  | 138.50                                                                 |
| 13                                                                     | DHOLPUR                                                                | 3558                                                                   | 10.31                                                                  | 9451                                                                   | 29.26                                                                  | 12217                                                                  | 41.89                                                                  | 18934                                                                  | 68.74                                                                  |
| 14                                                                     | DUNGARPUR                                                              | 11579                                                                  | 21.46                                                                  | 12954                                                                  | 30.00                                                                  | 19168                                                                  | 43.61                                                                  | 30133                                                                  | 72.57                                                                  |
| 15                                                                     | GANGANAGAR                                                             | 22212                                                                  | 54.98                                                                  | 28039                                                                  | 82.24                                                                  | 39581                                                                  | 120.14                                                                 | 52990                                                                  | 167.34                                                                 |
| 16                                                                     | HANUMANGARH                                                            | 17544                                                                  | 34.61                                                                  | 21993                                                                  | 61.54                                                                  | 32360                                                                  | 93.63                                                                  | 44436                                                                  | 135.46                                                                 |
| 17                                                                     | JAIPUR                                                                 | 99712                                                                  | 381.64                                                                 | 116060                                                                 | 564.16                                                                 | 140804                                                                 | 813.14                                                                 | 173335                                                                 | 1141.95                                                                |
| 18                                                                     | JAISALMER                                                              | 10190                                                                  | 19.72                                                                  | 7097                                                                   | 22.21                                                                  | 9622                                                                   | 31.59                                                                  | 14550                                                                  | 44.05                                                                  |
| 19                                                                     | JALORE                                                                 | 21522                                                                  | 36.30                                                                  | 32998                                                                  | 69.77                                                                  | 40828                                                                  | 97.60                                                                  | 50473                                                                  | 134.09                                                                 |
| 20                                                                     | JHALAWAR                                                               | 9716                                                                   | 16.46                                                                  | 12031                                                                  | 23.92                                                                  | 20839                                                                  | 35.64                                                                  | 29187                                                                  | 49.85                                                                  |
| 21                                                                     | JHUNJHUNU                                                              | 31755                                                                  | 91.74                                                                  | 39220                                                                  | 147.95                                                                 | 56647                                                                  | 223.04                                                                 | 73922                                                                  | 318.28                                                                 |
| 22                                                                     | JODHPUR                                                                | 33389                                                                  | 109.58                                                                 | 45417                                                                  | 173.74                                                                 | 60611                                                                  | 249.47                                                                 | 94522                                                                  | 364.73                                                                 |
| 23                                                                     | KARAULI                                                                | 11538                                                                  | 27.51                                                                  | 13867                                                                  | 41.76                                                                  | 20939                                                                  | 62.04                                                                  | 31881                                                                  | 106.02                                                                 |
| 24                                                                     | KOTA                                                                   | 26029                                                                  | 53.33                                                                  | 31977                                                                  | 86.47                                                                  | 42741                                                                  | 129.27                                                                 | 53984                                                                  | 183.32                                                                 |
| 25                                                                     | NAGAUR                                                                 | 34859                                                                  | 72.18                                                                  | 39353                                                                  | 105.52                                                                 | 58704                                                                  | 154.66                                                                 | 80375                                                                  | 219.93                                                                 |
| 26                                                                     | PALI                                                                   | 40442                                                                  | 80.57                                                                  | 45287                                                                  | 102.97                                                                 | 63197                                                                  | 147.07                                                                 | 78890                                                                  | 201.38                                                                 |
| 27                                                                     | PRATAPGARH                                                             | 6083                                                                   | 11.40                                                                  | 6809                                                                   | 11.80                                                                  | 11178                                                                  | 17.48                                                                  | 13817                                                                  | 22.15 98.17                                                            |
| 28                                                                     | RAJSAMAND                                                              | 16431                                                                  | 32.91                                                                  | 19097                                                                  | 51.42                                                                  | 24945                                                                  | 71.31                                                                  | 31655                                                                  |                                                                        |

| 29    | SAWAI MADHOPUR   |   16547 |   41.32 |   16745 |   56.24 |   22375 |   80.09 |   27182 |   111.99 |
|-------|------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
| 30    | SIKAR            |   31868 |   76.51 |   39330 |  129.78 |   57093 |  194.06 |   77944 |   280.42 |
| 31    | SIROHI           |   17029 |   33.94 |   25205 |   59.26 |   31278 |   82.15 |   37251 |   111.5  |
| 32    | TONK             |   15575 |   26.02 |   19927 |   40.14 |   26716 |   60.11 |   36080 |    87.68 |
| 33    | UDAIPUR          |   33336 |   90.55 |   42931 |  140.44 |   53894 |  200.36 |   74219 |   285.72 |
| Total | Total            |  815863 | 2027.17 |  994163 | 3099.31 | 1349358 | 4497.11 | 1783312 |  6405.42 |