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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as a financial inclusion drive: a case study of West Bengal

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  • Ashok Banerjee

    (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta)

  • Arindam Gupta

    (Vidyasagar University)

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On the completion of fourth year of PMJDY, an effort was made to review the extent to which the primary objectives of the government’s flagship financial inclusion scheme could be achieved. A survey was conducted on 1000 respondents from five selected districts in the state of whom 500 respondents newly opened a bank account under the scheme. The remaining 500 respondents having a normal bank account constitute the control group. It is observed that PMJDY could enhance merely the arithmetic bank account ownership. The real objectives like overdraft-enabled small entrepreneurship or more insurance benefits could hardly be achieved. The much hyped bank account-induced family happiness could not be identified after analysis of response. Severe lack of awareness among the common people about the scheme or its benefits has been noticed.

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  • Ashok Banerjee & Arindam Gupta, 2019. "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as a financial inclusion drive: a case study of West Bengal," DECISION: Official Journal of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Springer;Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, vol. 46(4), pages 335-352, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:decisn:v:46:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s40622-019-00226-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s40622-019-00226-5
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    1. Chattopadhyay, Sadhan Kumar, 2011. "Financial Inclusion in India: A case-study of West Bengal," MPRA Paper 34269, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2011.
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