Out of these accounts, 56 per cent belong to women and 67 per cent accounts have been opened in rural/semi-urban areas. The deposits in these accounts are above Rs. 2.03 lakh crore and about 34 crore RuPay cards have been issued in these accounts free of cost.
As per the latest figures shared by Department of Financial Service, there are 40.05 crore beneficiaries of this scheme and deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts are in excess of Rs 1.30 lakh crore.
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