14.27 Million New accounts opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) between 2018 and 2021

14.27 Million New accounts opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) between 2018 and 2021 From April 1, 2018 to October 31, 2021, 1,42,73,910 new Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) accounts were opened. Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Finance, mentioned this in a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha today. The Minister provided the following information on the states with the highest and lowest number of SSA accounts as of October 31, 2021:

Statement Showing details of States with highest number of accounts

S. No.	Name of the State/UT	No of Accounts as on 31.10.2021
1	Uttar Pradesh	29,12,632
2	Tamil Nadu	26,03,872
3	Maharashtra	23,13,584
4	Madhya Pradesh	22,17,375
5	Karnataka	21,08,078

Statement Showing details of States with lowest number of accounts

S. No.	Name of the State/UT	No of Accounts as on 31.10.2021
1	Lakshadweep	331
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	5,305
3	Ladakh	6,209
4	Mizoram	10,204
5	Sikkim	11,455

The Minister stated that the reasons for varying number of accounts in different states could be the size of the population, ability and willingness of parents to save etc. The Minister stated details of the distribution proportion of public and private banks in number of accounts since launch of the scheme till 31.10.2021 as below:

S. No.	Name of the Bank	Distribution proportion in per cent
1	Public Banks	96.24
2	Private Banks	3.76

Note: While calculating distribution proportion, accounts opened under SSA in various Post Offices have not been considered.