SHILLONG: Meghalaya households have been fully covered by Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana, chief secretary PBO Wajri said on Thursday.

All 11 districts, comprising 5,53,279 households, have been covered under the PMJDY scheme launched in August last year, Warjri said, while addressing a state-level bankers’ committee meeting here.

Till January 21 this year, 1,34,373 new accounts have been opened and 1, 16,366 ‘Rupay Cards’ were issued under the scheme, he said. The chief secretary, however, expressed concern over the deteriorating credit deposit ratio (CDR) and slow progress in granting PM’s Employment Generation Programme loans. He advocated the need for more financial literacy camps by all banks. State Bank of India deputy general manager Deepak Lalla said efforts would be made to address the concerns of the government.

Meanwhile, chief minister Mukul Sangma urged professionals to implement emerging revolutions in the agricultural sector. “As professionals let us look at access to emerging revolution in agricultural technology to benefit and for our future generations,” Mukul said after inaugurating the 3rd conference of the Meghalaya Agricultural Technical Government Employees Service Association at the Integrated Agriculture Training Centre near here on Thursday.

