2nd installment of ₹500 to women JDY beneficiaries

The Finance Ministry said that the second installment of ₹500 to women Jan Dhan Yojana beneficiaries will begin from Mondays. These payments were one of many planned handouts valued at ₹1.7 trillion (₹1.7 lakh crore) given by the government of India to affected sections of the Indian population to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.