The finance ministry headed by Arun Jaitley on Sunday announced that the total number of accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has touched 9.91 crore and listed the launch of the pension scheme for the poor and its efforts to combat black money as major achievements of the new government.

The new government has, after taking over reins of power in May, 2014 had aimed to open 7.5 crore accounts by January 26, 2015 but the target has now been revised to 10 crore because of the rapid progress of the scheme, according to the finance ministry's presentation released on Sunday. Reform push "As on December 23, 2014, 9.91 crore accounts have been opened under PMJDY. As on December 1, states of Goa, Kerala, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh, Union Territories of Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep have achieved 100 per cent saturation (all households with at least one bank account)," the finance ministry disclosed.

The government has also launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) for the benefit of the vulnerable sections of society. A monthly pension ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000 per month will be provided to senior citizens of the country.

The constitution of a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to implement the decision of the Supreme Court on large amount of money stashed abroad by evading taxes or generated through unlawful activities, is another major achievement listed for the first six months of the new government, in the finance ministry's presentation.

India has also joined global efforts to combat tax evasion, including supporting implementation of a uniform global standard on automatic exchange of information on a fully reciprocal basis, facilitating exchange of information regarding persons hiding money in offshore centres, it added.

The government re-launched the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) to attract investment of people for small savings scheme.

The certificate can also be pledged as security to avail loans from the banks and in other case, where security is required to be deposited.

A Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) has been set up to attract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from corporate sector and contributions from individuals and philanthropists to achieve the objective of Clean India (Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019.

Besides a Nirbhaya Fund with a corpus of Rs 2,000 crore has been created to ensure dignity and safety of girl children and women. To provide a fillip to capital goods and automobile sector, the duty concessions have been extended up to December 31 on small cars.