26 crore acounts open under Jan Dhan Yojana across country

Over 26 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the country till date. The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August, 2014 with the objective of covering all households with at least one bank account. 

According to latest data released by Finance Ministry, 26 crore three lakh accounts have been opened under the scheme. Of the total, nearly 16 crore



accounts are in rural areas and more than 10 crore in urban. Over 71 thousand 500 crore rupees have been deposited in these accounts and zero balance accounts has come down to nearly 24 per cent. Around 20 crore RuPay Debit cards have also been issued under the scheme. More than 44 lakh accounts were allowed overdraft facility as on 23rd of last month and nearly 24 lakh account-holders availed overdraft facility.