Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Also written PMJDY · Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Launched in August 2014 to ensure financial inclusion of every individual without a bank account, providing affordable access to banking, savings and deposit accounts, remittance, credit, insurance and pension.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Atal Pension YojanaA government-guaranteed defined-pension scheme for unorganised-sector workers, paying a fixed Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 a month from age 60 for contributions started between ages 18 and 40.
- Public Provident FundA 15-year government-guaranteed savings account for individuals, at a rate reset quarterly, where the contribution, the interest and the maturity value are all outside tax under the old regime.
- Section 80CThe income-tax deduction for money put into life insurance, provident fund, ELSS, five-year bank deposits, NPS Tier 1, NSC and home-loan principal, capped in aggregate at Rs 1,50,000 a year.
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