PM Narendra Modi launches Jan Dhan Yojana
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the brand new scheme Jan Dhan Yojana
- The policy is aimed at eradicating financial untouchability
- It will provide bank accounts to the poors and also ensure them with Rs 1 lakh
- On the inaugural day, a total of 1.5 crore accounts were opened all across the nation
- Modi said, it will cover 7.5 crore people by January 26, 2015
- PM launched the scheme at Vigyan Bhawan
- Apart from Vigyan Bhawan, the scheme was launched at multiple places by 20 Chief ministers, several union ministers
- There were in all 600 programmes and 77,852 camps were organised on the opening day to open bank accounts.
