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Five-star villages scheme
September 17 , 2020
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- The Department of Posts (Ministry of Communications) has launched a scheme called Five Star Villages.
- The scheme seeks to bridge the gaps in public awareness and reach of postal products and services, especially in interior villages.
- It aims to ensure universal coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of the country.
- The scheme is being launched on pilot basis in Maharashtra.
Schemes covered:
- Savings Bank accounts, Recurring Deposit Accounts, NSC/KVP certificates,
- Sukanya Samridhi Accounts/ PPF Accounts,
- Funded Post Office Savings Account linked India Post Payments Bank Accounts.
- Postal Life Insurance Policy/Rural Postal Life Insurance Policy and
- Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana Account/Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana Account.
- One Scheme is equal to one star of rating.
- Therefore, if a village attains universal coverage for four schemes from the above list, then that village gets four-star status and so on.
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