Rajasthan is one among the 11 states in the country where more than 55 per cent of the Pradhan MantriJan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY) account holders are Women, an RTI response has revealed.
In the state, 55.37 per cent (1.48 crore) of the total 2.68 crore PMJDY account holders are women, stated a reply to an RTI application filed by Venkatesh Nayak. Out of 43.47 crore PMJDY account holders in the country, 24.15 crore (55.55%) are women, according to the data.
Among the 29 states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) recorded the highest Percentage of women beneficiaries at 88.32 per cent. Meghalaya took the second position with more than 67 per cent PMJDY account holders being women, followed by Kerala at third position with more than 60 per cent PMJDY account holders being women in March 2020.
The states of Assam (59.48%), Nagaland (58.17%) Nadu (57.46%), Arunachal Pradesh (55.95%), Jharkhand (55.81%), Himachal Pradesh (55.76%), Bihar (55.66%) and Rajasthan (55.37%) recorded more than 55% women PMJDY account holders till March 2020.
Data also revealed that while all districts in Rajasthan were covered in the ministry of rural developments list, 1.98 lakh beneficiaries belonged to the unspecified district category, which means the the districts of residence of the women beneficiaries was not available. Rajasthan was also among the top five states with 1.48 crore beneficiaries in the country.