Q. 1. What is Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana?
Ans. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan
Yojana (PMJDY) is National
Mission for Financial Inclusion
to ensure access
to financial services,
namely, Banking/ Savings &
Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance,
Pension in an affordable manner.
Q.2. How is PMJDY
different from the earlier Financial Inclusion Plan (Swabhimaan)?
Ans. PMJDY focuses on coverage
of households as
against the earlier
plan which focused on
coverage of villages.
It focuses on
coverage of rural
as well as
urban areas. Earlier
plan targeted only villages
above 2000 population
while under PMJDY
whole country is to
be covered by
extending banking facilities
in each Sub-Service
area consisting of
1000 – 1500 households such that
facility is available
to all within
a reasonable distance, say
about 5 Km.
Q.3. Whether Joint account
can be opened
in Pradhan Mantri
Jan-Dhan Yojana?
Ans. Yes, joint account
can be opened.
Q.4. Under this Scheme,
where can I open
an account?
Ans. Account can be
opened in any bank branch or
Business Correspondent (Bank Mitra) outlet.
Q.5. What is
BSBDA Account ?
Ans. Basic Savings Bank Deposit
Account (BSBDA) has been
defined by RBI vide its
circular dated 10.08.2012.
Its salient features
are:
·
There is no requirement of minimum
balance.
·
The services available include
deposit and withdrawal of cash at bank branch as well as ATMs; receipt/credit
of money through electronic payment channels or by means of collection/deposit
of cheques.
·
Maximum of 4 withdrawals a month
including ATM withdrawal. No such limit for deposits.
·
Facility of ATM card or
ATM-cum-Debit card.
·
These facilities
are to be
provided without any
extra cost.
Q.6. Whether there are
any restrictions like age, income, amount etc. criteria
for opening BSBDA by
banks for individuals?
Ans. Any
individual above the
age of 10 years
can open BSBDA
Account.
Q.7. What is RuPay
Debit Card?
Ans. Rupay Debit Card
is an indigenous
domestic debit card
introduced by National
Payment Corporation of
India (NPCI). This card
is accepted at
all ATMs (for
cash withdrawal) and at
most
of the PoS machines (for making
cashless payment for purchases)
in the country.
Q.8. What is PIN
Number ?
Ans. Personal
Identification Number (PIN) is
randomly generated code
for use of
ATM Card at
the time of
withdrawal of money
from ATM Machine
and also at
the time of
making payment on
PoS.
Q. 9. How to keep
your RuPay Card safe?
Ans. Beneficiary of RuPay
Card is required
to keep the
Card in safe custody.
PIN should be
changed at frequent
intervals and should
never be shared
with anyone. While
using the card
at ATM Machine
or PoS, PIN
should be entered
in machine very
secretly so that
nobody could even
guess about the
PIN Number. As
far as possible,
Card should be
used at authorized
places / centres only. Besides,
PIN number should
never be written
on the Card.
Q.10. What is special
advantage of RuPay Debit
Card?
Ans. It provides accidental
insurance cover upto
Rs.1.00 lac without any
charge to the customer.
Q.11. Whether illiterate
customers can be
issued RuPay Card?
Ans. Yes. However, Branch
Manager will have to
advise
all the related
risks to the illiterate
account-holder at the time
of issuance of
RuPay Card.
Q.12. How to link
Mobile Number with
Bank Account ?
Ans. Mobile Number of
an account holder is entered in customer’s
account in CBS
System by the
Bank on the basis
of information given
in the Account
Opening Form. Also, for
existing accounts, banks
permit seeding through
ATM, SMS from registered mobile, net-banking or on
making a request
in the branch
(there may be
variations depending on
the bank).
Q.13. How to keep
debit card operational ?
Ans. To get benefit
of Accidental Insurance
Cover, RuPay Debit
Card must be
used at least once
in 45 days.
Q.14. How long the
debit card is
valid and how
to get Debit
Card renewed ?
Ans. Debit Card expiry
date is mentioned
on the Card
itself. Account-holder is
advised to get
issued new card
well before expiry
date of his/her
existing card by
giving fresh application
to the concerned
bank.
Q.15. If someone has
two or more
accounts and two
or more RuPay
Debit Cards, whether
accidental insurance cove
is available in
each account / each card?
Ans. Accidental insurance cover
is available only
in one account.
Q.16. What
is PoS Machine ?
Ans. PoS stands for
Point of Sale.
PoS Machine is
a small device
installed at almost
all Business Centres
to facilitate cashless
purchases to their
customers.
Q.17. Does a person already having
a Bank account in
any bank needs
to open another
account under Pradhan Mantri
Jan-Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) to get the
Accidental Benefit/Life Insurance Benefit
under the Scheme?
Ans. A person who
is already having
a bank account
with any bank
NEED NOT to
open a separate
account under PMJDY.
He/she will just
have to get
issued a RuPay
Card in his
existing account to
get benefit of insurance.
Credit facility can
be extended in
the existing account
if it is
being operated satisfactorily.
Q.18. What is the concept
of overdraft of
Rs.5000/- in PMJDY
Account and for whom
this facility is
available?
Ans. Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- will
be available to one
account holder
of PMJDY per household
after 6
months of satisfactory conduct
of the account.
To avoid duplication Aadhaar
number will also
be required. If
Aadhaar number is
not available then
Bank will do
additional due diligence
and also seek
declaration from the beneficiary.
Q. 19. Whether
Overdraft facility can be availed
in more than
one account?
Ans. Overdraft facility upto
Rs.5000/- is available
in only one account
per household, preferably
lady of the household.
Q.20. What is Accidental
Insurance Cover? Who will
pay the premium ?
Ans. Accidental Insurance Cover
is Rs.1.00 lac and no premium is charged
to the beneficiary
-- NPCI will
pay the premium. At
present the premium is
Rs.0.47 per Card.
Q.21. If both husband and
wife who are opening
accounts under PMJDY
are eligible for
Accidental Insurance Cover
of Rs.1.00 lac and
Life Insurance cover
of Rs.30,000/- and overdraft
facility of Rs.5000/- in both
the accounts separately?
Ans. Accidental Insurance cover
of Rs.1.00 lac
and Life Insurance
Cover of Rs.30000/-
will be available
to all account-holders. However,
overdraft facility upto
Rs.5000/- will be
available to only
one person in the family
(preferably lady of the house).
Q.22. What documents are
required to open an
account under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana?
Ans.
(i) If Aadhaar Card/Aadhaar
Number is available then no
other documents is
required. If address
has changed, then
a self certification of current address
is sufficient.
(ii) If Aadhaar Card
is not available,
then any one of the
following Officially Valid
Documents (OVD) is required:
Voter ID Card,
Driving Licence, PAN
Card, Passport &
NREGA Card. If
these documents also
contain your address, it
can serve both as “Proof of
Identity and Address”.
(iii) If a
person does not
have any of the
“officially valid documents” mentioned
above, but it
is categorized as
‘low risk’ by
the banks, then he/she
can open a bank
account by submitting
any one of the
following documents:
a) Identity Card
with applicant’s photograph
issued by Central/State
Government Departments,
Statutory/Regulatory Authorities, Public
Sector Undertakings, Scheduled
Commercial Banks and Public Financial
Institutions;
b) Letter issued
by a gazette
officer, with a
duly attested photograph
of the person.
Reserve Bank
of India (RBI)
vide its Press
Release dated 26.08.2014
has clarified as
under:
“Those persons who
do not
have any of the
‘officially valid documents’
can open “Small
Accounts” with banks. A
“Small Account” can be
opened on the basis
of a self-attested
photograph and putting
his/her signatures or thumb
print in the
presence of an
officials of the
bank. Such accounts
have limitations regarding
the aggregate credits
(not more than Rupees
one lac in
a year), aggregate withdrawals
(nor more than Rupees
ten thousand in
a month) and
balance in the
accounts (not more than
Rupees fifty thousand at
any point of
time). These accounts
would be valid normally for a period
of twelve months.
Thereafter, such accounts
would be allowed
to continue for
a further period
of twelve more
months, if the account-holder provides
a document showing that he/she has
applied for any of
the Officially Valid
Document, within 12
months of opening
the small account.
Q.23. If the present address
is different than
that of printed
on Aadhaar Card, can the account still be
opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on
the basis of
Aadhaar Card?
Ans. If address has
changed, then a
self certification of current
address is sufficient.
Q.24. What is meant
by Insurance cover
of Rs.30,000/- announced by
Prime Minister in his
speech of 28.08.2014?
Ans. Modalities of this Scheme
announced by the Prime
Minister on 28.08.2014 are
being worked out
expeditiously and will
be disseminated to
General Public very
soon.
Q.25. Whether Cheque Book
will be issued
in accounts opened
under PMJDY?
Ans. In PMJDY accounts
are being opened
with Zero balance.
However, if the account-holder wishes
to get cheque
book, he/she will
have to fulfill
minimum balance criteria, if
any, of the
bank.
Q.26. What are the direct
/ special benefits attached to
PMJDY?
Ans. Special benefits
attached to the
scheme are:
i.
Interest
on deposit.
ii.
Accidental
insurance cover of
Rs.1.00 lac
iii.
No minimum
balance required. However, for
withdrawal of money
from any ATM
with Rupay Card,
some balance is advised
to be kept
in account.
iv.
Life
insurance cover of
Rs.30,000/-
v.
Easy
Transfer of money
across India
vi.
Beneficiaries
of Government Schemes
will get Direct Benefit
Transfer in these
accounts.
vii.
After
satisfactory operation of the
account for 6
months, an overdraft
facility will be
permitted
viii.
Access
to Pension, insurance products.
Q.27. I have no
official valid document for
opening an account.
Can I still open
an account with bank?
Ans. Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) vide
its Press Release
dated 26.08.2014 has clarified as
under:
“Those persons who
do not
have any of the
‘officially valid documents’
can open “Small
Accounts” with banks. A
“Small Account” can be
opened on the basis
of a self-attested
photograph and putting
his/her signatures or thumb
print in the
presence of an
officials of the
bank. Such accounts
have limitations regarding
the aggregate credits
(not more than Rupees
one lac in
a year), aggregate withdrawals
(nor more than Rupees
ten thousand in
a month) and
balance in the
accounts (not more than
Rupees fifty thousand at
any point of
time). These accounts
would be valid normally for
a period of
twelve months. Thereafter,
such accounts would
be allowed to
continue for a
further period of
twelve more months,
if the account-holder provides
a document showing that
he/she has applied for any of the
Officially Valid Document,
within 12 months
of opening the small
account.
Q.28. How
much interest savings
would earn in
PMJDY Account?
Ans. Interest rate applicable for
Saving Bank Accounts (presently @ 4 % in
most of the
banks) shall be
admissible to accounts opened
under PMJDY Scheme.
Q.29. How much interest
will be charged by
bank on overdraft
facility in PMJDY?
Ans. Base
Rate + 2 %
or 12 %,
whichever is lower.
At present it
will be 12 %.
Q.30. Whether banks will
be organizing Account
Opening Camps in
future also?
Ans. Yes. Nationalised banks
have been asked
to organize camps on
all Saturdays from
8.00 AM to 8.00 PM.
Banks can hold additional
camps on other
days also.
Q.31. If I have required
papers for issuance
of Aadhaar Card,
can I get
Aadhaar Card in
Bank and open
my account under
PMJDY simultaneously?
Ans. Aadhaar
Registration may be got
done in Camps
organized by UIDAI.
In account opening
camps also, endeavour
is to make
Aadhaar Registration Counter
available.
Q.32. Do you have
to pay some
fee to open
a Bank account under
PMJDY?
Ans. No.
There is absolutely no charge / fee
for opening an
account under PMJDY.
Q.33. Can a minor
(below 18 years of
age) can open an
account under PMJDY?
Ans. A minor of above
the age of 10
years can open
his / her Savings Bank
account in
any bank.
Q.34. Who is Business
Correspondent Agent / Bank
Mitra and what
is their role
in PMJDY?
Ans. Business Correspondent
Agents (Bank Mitras) are
retail agents engaged
by banks for providing
banking services at
locations where opening
of a brick and
mortar branch / ATM is
not viable. Scope
of activities of Business Correspondents / Bank Mitra are as
under:
a) Creating
Awareness about savings
and other products and education
and advice on managing money and debt
counseling.
b) Identification of
potential customers.
c) Collection and preliminary processing of various forms
for deposits including verification of primary information /data.
d) Filling of
applications / account opening forms
e) Collection and
payment of small value deposits and
withdrawals.
f) Receipt and
delivery of small
value remittances / other
payment instructions.
g) Furnishing of
mini account statements and
other account information.
h) Any other
service on behalf
of the Bank, duly
authorized by the
appropriate authority etc.
Q.35. How
Bank Mitr helps
us to use Banking
Services ?
Ans. Bank Mitr represent
the bank concerned
and enable a bank
to expand its
outreach and offer
limited range of
banking services at low cost,
particularly where setting
up a brick and
mortar branch is
not viable. Bank
Mitrs, as agent
of the Bank,
thus are an
integral part of
the business strategy
for achieving greater
financial inclusion.
Q.36. Who can be
Bank Mitra ?
Ans. Banks have been
permitted to engage
individuals / entities as Business
Correspondent (Bank Mitras)
like (i) Retired
Bank Employees (ii) Retired Teachers (iii) Retired Govt.
Employees (iv) Ex-Servicemen (v)
Individual owners of
kirana / medical/ fair price shops,
individual Public Call
Office (PCO) operators,
Agents of Small
Savings Scheme of
Government of India / Insurance Companies, ‘for
profit’ companies registered
under the Indian Companies Act. Since
24.06.2014, RBI has permitted
Non Deposit taking
NBFCs as BCs in
addition to above.
Q.37. Can I get my
PMJDY account transferred
to other City / State
upon my transfer
posting to other
States?
Ans. All banks participating
in PMJDY are
on CBS (Core Banking
Solution) platform and
the account can
easily be transferred to
any branch of
the bank in any
city/town as per the
request of the
account-holder.
Q.38. What is USSD based
transaction and how
to use it ?
Ans. USSD is abbreviated
form of “Unstructured
Supplementary Service Data”. USSD
based Mobile Banking
offers basic Banking
facilities like Money
Transfer, Bill Payments,
Balance Enquiries, Merchant
Payments etc. on a simple GSM
based Mobile Phone,
without the need
to download application
on a Phone
as required at
present in the Immediate
Payment Service (IMPS) based
Mobile Banking. Transactions
can be performed on basic
phone handsets. The
user needs to
approach his bank
and get his
mobile number registered.
The bank will
issue an MPIN
(Mobile PIN) to
the user. The
user thereafter needs
to dial *99#
and the menu
for using USSD opens.
Thereafter customer has
to follow selections
on the menu
to complete the
transaction. Charges as
applicable by the
Telecom Operator (not
more than Rs.1.50 per transaction
as mandated by
TRAI) may be
applicable.
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