PMJDY Overdraft – Preference to women borrowers

            PMJDY accounts are an important tool in our country’s Safe ePayments journey. PMJDY accounts encourage the account holders to move from cash based transactions to electronic based transactions.

            One of smart features of PMJDY accounts is the Overdraft of INR 5000/- for accounts with good behaviour.

            The cooing period for accounts to be eligible for Overdraft facility is 6 months. This means that the first set of accounts will eligible after March 2015.

            In the near future, more clarity is expected on the calculation mode for 6 months i.e A) 6 months from date of account opening or B) 6 months from the date of the first transaction.

The second option is preferred, as this will encourage the PMJDY Account Holders to execute quality transactions in their accounts.

            In an informal chat with presspersons at a PMJDY mega camp organised by Corporation Bank at Vamanjoor village in Mangalore taluk on November 22, 2014, Snehlata Shrivastava, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Union Ministry of Finance,  said that the overdraft of ₹5,000 will be given to head of the family, preferably women, under the scheme.

This is because women have the habit of saving and prudent in their spending, she said.

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