Question : SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI YOJANA

(a) the funds allocated/expenditure incurred by the Government on Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), since its inception, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has taken steps to popularise the said scheme through publicity, if so, the details thereof and the amount of expenditure incurred in this regard, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;

(c) the amount deposited by the account holders district and State/UT-wise, including those in Chatra, Latehar, Palamu and Ahmednagar districts of Jharkhand and Maharashtra;

(d) whether the returns on recurring deposits and fixed term deposit offer better return than SSY; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to correct the anomaly?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRIJAYANTSINHA)

(a): Sir, publicity of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana has been taken up at National level and an amount of Rs. 1.47 crore has been spent on publicity. The amount spent has following break-up:

 Advertising	Rs. 77, 77,016/- Audio-Visual	Rs. 69, 71,932/- Total	Rs. 1,47, 48,948/- 
 

 SI. No.	Postal Circle	Total amount deposited in Sukanya Samriddhi	Account upto 31st March, 2015 (In Rs.) 1	Andhra Pradesh	375376300 2	Assam	54620000 3	Bihar	17098900 4	Chhattisgarh	30866800 5	Delhi	70142200 6	Gujarat	120746200 7	Haryana	179187800 8	Himachal Pradesh	42192500 9	Jammu and Kashmir	19189900 10	Jharkhand (including	132249800	Chatra, Latehar & Palamau	District	Amount	districts)	Chatra	8215000	Latehar	3620000	Palamu	6032000 11	Karnataka	866200800 12	Kerala	43924600 13	Madhya Pradesh	80569700 14	Maharashtra (including	635921700	Ahmednagar district)	Ahmednagar ( Distt.)- 25969500 15	North East	2071600 16	Odisha	62868000 17	Punjab	145346200 18	Rajasthan	58154700 19	Tamil Nadu	845542800 20	Uttar Pradesh	255853200 21	Uttarakhand	50526000 22	West Bengal	247383000	Total	4336032700