Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as a Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion: Dr Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has truly been a game-changer in ensuring financial inclusion. In a media interaction, the minister lauded the scheme as a role model of the Prime Minister’s visionary leadership. 

Dr Singh said that the scheme has empowered women in every household and shared that over fifty-five per cent of Jan Dhan Account



holders are women. He further said that it ensured the timely disbursal of PM-Kisan instalments and eliminated leakages and pilferages, marking it as one of the biggest financial reforms in India’s history. The Minister also pointed out that the scheme has fueled the aspirations of common citizens and has linked each person in the family to formal banking.