PM Modi launches the Jan Dhan Yojana, his govt's first flagship scheme

[caption id="attachment_96249" align="alignleft" width="860"] Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and MoS Nirmala Sitharaman applaudduring a function in New Delhi on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Nripendra Misra and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan are also seen. PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96250" align="alignleft" width="860"] Women display pass books of their bank accounts opened in Patna under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, in Patna on Thursday. PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96252" align="alignleft" width="860"] Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and MoS Nirmala Sitharaman releasing a publication at the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96253" align="alignleft" width="860"] Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives acouple details of their bank accounts at the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in New Delhi . PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96255" align="alignleft" width="860"] Launching the scheme, the PM said he hoped the scheme would eradicate 'financial untouchability' in the country. PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96256" align="alignleft" width="860"] Union Minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad presents a kit to a beneficiary during the launch of 'Jan Dhan Yojana in Chennai on Thursday. PTI Photo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_96257" align="alignleft" width="860"] Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launching the Jan Dhan Yojana in Lucknow on Thursday. PTI Photo[/caption]