Atal pension Yojna gets 5 crore+ enrolments

Current context: In 2015, the Atal Pension Yojana was introduced. The scheme's primary goal is to give Indian citizens monetary security. The program's performance in 2022 was excellent. In 2022, it added 1.25 crore new members. It is higher than it was in 2021. There were only 92 lakhs in 2021

For the banks participating in the Atal Pension Yojana, the Indian government sets yearly goals. 29 banks reached the goal in 2022. SBI, Indian Bank, and other public sector banks are included in this. Over twenty-one, banks met the goal in the Regional Rural Bank category.
The top-performing states met the targets, UP, Bihar, WB, MP, Jharkhand, Assam, and Tripura. The State Level Banker Committee set the Atal Pension Yojana annual targets for the State Government.
SLBC seeks to broaden the program's audience. Links with state and national rural livelihood missions, digital initiatives, etc., are established to accomplish this. The SLBC conducts physical programmes via these connections. To broaden the program's appeal, it also introduces chatbots and podcasts.
The Atal Pension Yojana promises a pension of between 1,000 and 5,000 rupees. This rule applies to all recipients who are at least 60 years old.