Lok Sabha Question No. 2974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Sukanya Samridhi Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2974 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## SUKANYA SAMRIDHI SCHEME

## 2974. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  accounts  opened  under  the  Sukanya  Samridhi  Scheme,  Statewise;

- (b) the revenue generated under the scheme till date; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make the scheme, a success?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) & (b) The  total  number  of  accounts  opened  under  the  Sukanya  Samriddhi Account Scheme and total amount deposited in the Scheme, Postal Circle wise up to 30.11.2015 are furnished in Annexure.

- (c) The following steps have been taken at all level to make the scheme, a success.
-  Wide publicity through print and electronic media, newspapers, radio jingles and TV advertisement by National Savings Institute (NSI) and by the Department of Posts.
-  Organizing Seminars/Melas/Road Shows.
-  Approaching parents through Schools.
-  Using social security payment interface to appeal family members/ grand parent etc.
-  Identifying internal customers (employees) having eligible girl child in family and appealing to them.
-  Linking up with PLI/RPLI/Philately events to spread awareness.
-  Camp at hospital & nursing home to enroll girl child in the scheme immediately after birth.
-  Organizing function at Panchayat, Aganbari Kendras, self help group and other women organizations.
-  Fixing target for each Postal Circle in proportion to population of girl child in the state.

Contd……..2/-

## Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA)

## Annexure

| Sl. No.   | Name of Postal Circle   |   Total no. of accounts opened from 22.01.2015 (Indtroduction date) to 30.11.2015 (In Lakhs) |   Total balance/deposit in SSA from 22.01.2015 (Indtroduction date) to 30.11.2015 (Rs in crores) |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          |                                                                                         6.8  |                                                                                           220.46 |
| 2         | Assam                   |                                                                                         1.33 |                                                                                            23.02 |
| 3         | Bihar                   |                                                                                         2.06 |                                                                                            50.36 |
| 4         | Chattisgarh             |                                                                                         0.86 |                                                                                            26.4  |
| 5         | Delhi                   |                                                                                         0.97 |                                                                                            61.84 |
| 6         | Gujarat                 |                                                                                         1.68 |                                                                                           104.45 |
| 7         | Haryana                 |                                                                                         2.31 |                                                                                           167.13 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh        |                                                                                         1.18 |                                                                                            33.23 |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir         |                                                                                         1.12 |                                                                                            42.01 |
| 10        | Jharkhand               |                                                                                         3.45 |                                                                                            74.19 |
| 11        | Karnataka               |                                                                                         8.8  |                                                                                           466.5  |
| 12        | Kerala                  |                                                                                         2.78 |                                                                                           128.34 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh          |                                                                                         2.37 |                                                                                            93.07 |
| 14        | Maharashtra             |                                                                                         5.36 |                                                                                           289.89 |
| 15        | North East              |                                                                                         0.39 |                                                                                            12.96 |
| 16        | Odisha                  |                                                                                         3.15 |                                                                                            79.93 |
| 17        | Punjab                  |                                                                                         1.86 |                                                                                           121.39 |
| 18        | Rajasthan               |                                                                                         2.51 |                                                                                            43.57 |
| 19        | Tamilnadu               |                                                                                        11.36 |                                                                                           407.08 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh           |                                                                                         8.77 |                                                                                           211.1  |
| 21        | Uttarakhand             |                                                                                         2.09 |                                                                                            80.63 |
| 22        | West Bengal             |                                                                                         5.13 |                                                                                           124.53 |
|           | Total                   |                                                                                        76.31 |                                                                                          2862.06 |

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