{"id":235771,"date":"2025-02-10T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/over-54-5-cr-jandhan-accounts-opened-till-jan-15-57-women-account-holders-fm-sitharaman-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:33:07","slug":"over-54-5-cr-jandhan-accounts-opened-till-jan-15-57-women-account-holders-fm-sitharaman-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/over-54-5-cr-jandhan-accounts-opened-till-jan-15-57-women-account-holders-fm-sitharaman-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 54.5 cr JanDhan accounts opened till Jan 15; 57% women account holders: FM Sitharaman &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-118122578,imgsize-2299132,width-400,resizemode-4\/118122578.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Over 54.5 cr JanDhan accounts opened till Jan 15; 57% women account holders: FM Sitharaman &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Over 54.5 cr JanDhan accounts opened till Jan 15; 57% women account holders: FM Sitharaman &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: More than 54.5 crore <!-- -->JanDhan accounts<!-- --> have been opened till January 15, 2025, of which about 56 per cent belong to women, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said the government started <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jan-dhan-yojana\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana<\/a> (PMJDY) in August 2014 to provide universal banking services for &#8220;every unbanked household&#8221;. To give further impetus to <!-- -->financial inclusion<!-- --> initiatives of the government, PMJDY was extended beyond August 14, 2018, and the focus was shifted to &#8220;every unbanked adult&#8221;. <br \/> &#8220;A total of 54.58 crore JanDhan accounts have been opened till 15.01.2025, of which 30.37 crore (55.7 per cent) belong to women,&#8221; Sitharaman said. <br \/> The minister also gave enrolment data for <!-- -->social security schemes<!-- --> like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY). <br \/> Under PMJJBY, the total enrolments stood at 22.52 crore, of which over 10 crore were women, as of January 15. <br \/> In case of PMSBY, enrolments stood at 49.12 crore of which 22.84 crore are women. 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