80% Jan Dhan accounts functional with cash balance: FM
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that 80% of the 240 million new accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana are now functional with cash balances. All government programmes, like rural employment guarantee scheme, now transfer payments in these accounts, he stated. “Collectively we have been able to bring a lot of people under financial inclusion," Jaitley added.