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NATION SHEDDING THE MENTALITY OF SLAVERY JAN DHAN ACCOUNTS
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN'S TOTAL BALANCE SURGE TO

GARDENS WILL NOW BE RS 1.80-LAKH CR

CALLED 'AMRIT UDYAN' he 47.84 crore basic bank accounts
Topened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) had a balance of Rs
1.80 lakh crore as of December 2022. Out
of this, 26.54 crore are women account
holders. Latest figures show that the
number of PMJDY account holders in semi-
urban and rural areas is around 32 crore.
The rest of the accounts are in urban and
metropolitan bank branches.
RuPay debit cards are issued to PMJDY
account holders with an accidental
insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 2 lakh for
account holders after August 28, 2018).
Amidst all this, there are around 20 crore
ames and symbols reminiscent of slavery are PMJDY account holders who do not have a
Nnow becoming a thing of the past. Moving in this functional debit card.
direction, several initiatives have been taken, including
eradicating the mentality of slavery in Amritkaal. TARGET OF SETTING 10
Rajpath was renamed Kartavya Path, indigenous
cannons were used on Independence Day and Republic THOUSAND JANAUSHADHI
Day, the George V statue was replaced by Netaji,
featuring Shivaji Maharaj's seal in the Navy flag, and KENDRAS BY 2024
the date of the presentation of the budget changed.
President Droupadi Murmu has named the gardens of nder the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi
Rashtrapati Bhavan "Amrit Udyan" in the Azadi Ka Amrit UPariyojana (PMBJP), the Government has set
Mahotsav. On January 29, the President participated in a target of increasing the number of Jan Aushadhi
the inauguration ceremony of Udyan Utsav-2023 before Kendras to 10,000 by March 2024 in order to provide
the "Amrit Udyan" was opened to the general public. cheap and high-quality generic medicines to the
This garden will be open to the general public from 31 people of the country. These medicine centers
January to 31 March, except for every Monday, 8 March, offer 50% to 90% less expensive medications than
and 26 March. This time it will be open exclusively for branded pharmacies. There are 1759 different types
farmers on March 28, for the differently abled on March of medicines and 280 different types of surgical
29, for paramilitary forces and police personnel on instruments available here.
March 30, and for women, including tribal women SHGs, The Department of Pharmaceuticals and the
on March 31. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers have approved
During the Udyan Utsav, visitors will be able to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of
see 12 varieties of tulips. Also, they will be able to India's (PMBI) proposal to invite online applications
get information about trees, plants, and flowers by for the establishment of new Jan Aushadhi Kendras
scanning the QR code in the garden. Online booking in 651 districts across the country.
can be done at https://rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov. In the fiscal year 2021-22, these centers sold
in or https://rb.nic.in/rbvisit/visit_plan.aspx. in six medicines and surgical instruments worth Rs 893.56
slots from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On arrival without an crore, saving the general public Rs 5300 crore. While
online booking, registration will have to be done at the Rs 758 crore was sold in the current fiscal year
facilitation counter as well as at the self-service kiosk 2022-23 through November 30, 2022, resulting in an
near Gate No. 12 of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
estimated savings of Rs 4500 crore for citizens. .

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