Jan Samarth Portal: PM Modi Launches New Series Of Coins

Denominations will be Rs 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, and Rs 20!

On Monday, Launching Jan Samarth, a portal connecting 13 credit-linked government schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it is necessary to focus on making domestic banks and currency an important part of the international supply chain and trade.

Inaugurating the week-long events by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, from June 6-11, PM Modi also released a special series of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10, and 20 coins, which will have the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ design but are not commemorative coins and will be part of the circulation. “These new series of coins will remind people of the goal of ‘Amrit kal’ and motivate people to work towards the development of the country,” Modi said.

“Earlier it was the responsibility of the people to go to the government for availing benefit of the schemes. Now the emphasis is on taking governance to people and free them from the rigamarole of doing rounds of different ministries and websites…this portal will improve the lives of students, farmers, businessmen, and MSME entrepreneurs, and will help them in realising their dreams,” he said.

Further said, India has developed various financial inclusion platforms and there is a need to create awareness about them for their optimum utilisation. There should be an effort to extend these financial inclusion solutions globally, he said.