Nagaland Assembly Speaker launches Jan Dhan scheme in state

Nagaland Assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo today launched the Jan Dhan Yojana in the state and said Direct Benefit Transfer under many other government schemes could be successfully implemented only if there was universal coverage of bank accounts along with Aadhaar numbers.
Sazo launched the scheme at a formal programme organised by SBI Kohima.
He laid emphasis on the need for the state government to work fast if Nagaland was to take maximum advantage of central schemes.
The Speaker highlighted the need to provide Aadhaar numbers to every citizen in the state to fully utilise the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY).

Stating that the objective of the scheme could be achieved fully without proper connectivity in rural areas, the Speaker asked BSNL and other telecom service providers to become more active and be involved in providing better services to all parts of Nagaland.
SBI, Corporate Centre, General Manager, G C Pandey said around 150 camps were being simultaneously organised across the state commemorating the launch of the programme.
The scheme will cover 7.5 crore people nationwide by January 26, 2015, who will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, life insurance cover of Rs 30,000 in addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh.

Later the account holders will be provided an overdraft facility of up to Rs 5,000.