Under 'Jan Dhan Yojana' 32,61,00,000 bank accounts have been opened: EAM Swaraj

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New York (United States of America), Sep 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday hailed Indian government’s Jan Dhan Yojana and said that under the welfare scheme 32,61,00,000 bank accounts have been opened. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, EAM Swaraj said, World's biggest financial inclusion scheme 'Jan Dhan Yojana' has been started in India. Under this scheme, bank accounts of 32,61,00,000 people have been opened. These people hadn't even seen the doors of banks.” She added, “Now under direct benefit transfer scheme the government provides the amount in the bank accounts of the poor people which has ended the corruption done by the middlemen.”