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The Government will start sending the amount of Rs. 500 to the women account holders of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, PMJDY for the month of June from tomorrow. The amount is the third installment under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package. Department of Financial Services said, beneficiaries can withdraw the amount on any day after 10th June.

Department of Financial Services said, the amount will be sent as per time table based on last digit of beneficiary’s account number. Rs. 10,029 crore were credited to 20.05 crore women Jan Dhan account holders as first installment.

The number of women PMJDY accounts holders whose accounts have been debited by customer induced transaction under 1st instalment is 8.72 crore. s. 10,315 crore were credited to 20.62 crore women Jan Dhan account holders with second installment.

The number of women PMJDY accounts holders whose accounts have been debited by customer induced transaction under 2nd instalment is 9.7 crore. As part of the Rs 1.70 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, the Government announced free food grains and cash payment to women and poor senior citizens and farmers.