A STUDY ON PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY) IN UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

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05-08-16
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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The Union Government implemented a financial inclusion scheme combining the existing schemes and adding newer features, but the extreme branding of the scheme made it out of box and was called Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. The objectives of the present study was to analyse the different schemes in financial inclusion, examine the socio-economic profile of the PMJDY account holders, analyse the impact of the scheme and problems faced by account holders and banks. The data was collected from 90 PMJDY account holders of Uttar Kannada district. The study depicts that 55 per cent of the account holders of PMJDY were females and around 52 per cent belonged to OBC category. 36.66 per cent of the accountholders had opened the bank account for the first time. 37.78 per cent of the account holders have got the insurance coverage. Female account holders and the lower income group were most benefitted with benefits like insurance, loans, etc. Little more than three fourth of the account holders have participated for first time in the financial inclusion scheme. Little above two third of the account holders are of the opinion that PMJDY is better than other financial inclusion schemes. Only 60 per cent of the account holders have availed one or the other schemes under PMJDY. As 40 per cent of the accounts were not in operation, initiatives can be made to avail those account holders with one or the other benefits under PMJDY.
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