As many as 30 crore families have got bank accounts since the launch of India's biggest ever bank account opening drive, Jan Dhan Yojana, three years back, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.About 42 per cent of households were unbanked before the Jan Dhan Yojana, which aims to give every household access to banking facilities by offering them zero-balance accounts … [Read more...] about 30 cr families get Jan Dhan accounts in 3 yrs: FM
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
New Rs 500, 2000 notes have unique dimension: FinMin
The government today asserted that the new 500 and 2,000 rupee notes have single unique dimension, a statement that came on a day when opposition parties led by the Congress stalled proceedings in the Rajya Sabha alleging that notes having different sizes."Bank notes in each denomination has a distinct dimension. The size of new design Rs 500 bank note is 66mm x 150mm and … [Read more...] about New Rs 500, 2000 notes have unique dimension: FinMin