Recent studies reveal a misrepresentation of income inequality in India, challenging the commonly accepted pre-tax Gini coefficient of 0.61...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the 11th anniversary of the PM Jan Dhan Yojana, highlighting its role in empowering citizens and fo...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram stated that Jan Dhan Yojana is a renamed version of a UPA-era scheme, with several million accounts op...

The Jan Dhan Yojana was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address in 2014, and it was launched on August 28...

As per the latest finance ministry data, the total balance in over 44.23 crore Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts was at Rs 1,...

"The PM has hailed the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on its 7th anniversary. It is actually the 7th anniversary of the renaming of the UPA...

The basic bank account, without any charges or minimum balance requirement, drew a large number of women after the government announced its...

“Women’s financial inclusion requires a more gender-inclusive financial system that addresses the specific demand and supply side barriers ...

Bank of Baroda is also not levying charges on debit in the Jan Dhan Accounts. The bank has, as on date, not levied any charges for any debi...

The total banking sector outstanding Jan Dhan deposits jumped to Rs 1.31 lakh crore at the end of August 19 from Rs 1.20 crore at the begin...

The total balance in the Jan Dhan accounts, which has been steadily rising, was at Rs 97,665.66 crore as on April 3.

“We observed that there is both statistically significant and economically meaningful drop in consumption of intoxicants such as alcohol an...

Modi said the poor had become part of the mainstream of national economy, and the poor were saving money and feeling the security that come...

He, however, advised the novice and gullible investors to cautiously park their surpluses in mutual funds and other similar portfolios of t...

Following the announcement, bankers are re-examining the threshold they set for converting Jan Dhan accounts into normal savings accounts.

The government is trying to stamp out bogus beneficiaries, given instances of fake claims in scholarships, pension, gas subsidies and other...

5.27L basic savings bank deposit accounts have been opened in Andhra Bank branches across country as part of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan scheme.