Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign begins
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 21 2026: The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, has launched aNationwide Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign across 2.70 lakh Gram Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies from October 21 to December 31, 2026.As per PIB Guwahati, the campaign aims to strengthen outreach and coverage of key financial inclusion schemes, namely Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY), thereby ensuring access to comprehensive financial services across the country.

Safal Tripathi, General Manager, State Bank of India and Convenor of the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC), Assam, informed that Financial Inclusion Saturation Camps will be organised across the seven North Eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

These camps will focus on strengthening financial inclusion at the grassroots level and ensuring that eligible beneficiaries can access benefits of various Government-sponsored schemes.

Major activities to be undertaken during the campaign include enrolments under PMJJBY, PMSBY and APY, Aadhaar Seeding in PMJJBY and PMSBY, opening of PMJDY accounts, Re-KYC for existing PMJDY and other saving accounts, generation of C-KYC ID wherever pending, updating nominations in saving accounts and other facilities like lockers, awareness sessions on financial inclusion schemes, digital frauds and 'Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar' regarding unclaimed financial assets, sourcing of KCC applications to support saturation of eligible PM-Kisan beneficiaries and enrolment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to support saturation of KCC accounts for the upcoming Rabi season.

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