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Dakshina Kannada district is inching towards cent percent achievement in opening bank accounts under the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana.
Of the 4.40 lakh households in the district as per the 2011 census, hardly 3,300 are yet to open accounts under the scheme.
The banks in the district have covered 99.25 per cent of households under the scheme, according to Amarnath Hegde, chief manager of Syndicate Bank, the lead bank in the district.
Asked about the difficulty in enrolling these 3,300 families, he told Business Line that some of these families are scattered in remote hilly areas. Efforts are being made to enrol them as soon as possible, he added.
In some cases in urban areas, family members were away on work when the bank representatives visited their houses. Another round of visit would be made to such houses, he said.
On October 25, banks conducted mega camps in 15 locations in the district to open accounts, he said.
Banks in the district, along with the Dakshina Kannada district administration, are planning to open accounts to all the households in the district by the first week of November. With that, the district would achieve the milestone of covering 100 per cent households under the scheme, he added.
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