Ministry of Finance
1,42,73,910 new accounts opened under Sukanya
Samriddhi Account (SSA) between 2018 and 2021
Posted
On: 06 DEC 2021 5:39PM by PIB Delhi
The number of new
accounts opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) from 01.04.2018 to
31.10.2021 is 1,42,73,910. This was stated by Union Minister of State for
Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
The Minister stated
details of States with the highest and lowest number of accounts under SSA as
on 31.10.2021 as below:
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Statement Showing
details of States with highest number of accounts |
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|
S. No. |
Name of the State/UT |
No of Accounts as on
31.10.2021 |
|
|
Uttar Pradesh |
29,12,632 |
|
|
Tamil Nadu |
26,03,872 |
|
|
Maharashtra |
23,13,584 |
|
|
Madhya Pradesh |
22,17,375 |
|
|
Karnataka |
21,08,078 |
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Statement Showing
details of States with lowest number of accounts |
||
|
S. No. |
Name of the State/UT |
No of Accounts as on
31.10.2021 |
|
|
Lakshadweep |
331 |
|
|
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands |
5,305 |
|
|
Ladakh |
6,209 |
|
|
Mizoram |
10,204 |
|
|
Sikkim |
11,455 |
The Minister stated
that the reasons for varying number of accounts in different states could be
the size of the population, ability and willingness of parents to save etc.
The Minister stated
details of the distribution proportion of public and private banks in number of
accounts since launch of the scheme till 31.10.2021 as below:
|
S. No. |
Name of the Bank |
Distribution
proportion in per cent |
|
|
Public Banks |
96.24 |
|
|
Private Banks |
3.76 |
Note: While
calculating distribution proportion, accounts opened under SSA in various Post
Offices have not been considered.
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RM/KMN
(Release ID: 1778546)
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