- By Kamakshi Bishnoi
- Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:30 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Kanpur has exceeded its target under the National Savings Scheme for the financial year 2024–25, achieving 144.20 per cent of the set goal. Against the target of Rs 1,49,035 lakh, the district has garnered Rs 2,14,915.33 lakh in savings.
Commending the departments for this outstanding performance, District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh congratulated all officials involved. Looking ahead, he informed that for FY 2025–26, Uttar Pradesh has set a state-wide target of Rs 35,00,000 lakh, while Kanpur’s target has been fixed at Rs 2,60,811 lakh.
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To meet this new target, the DM has instructed Sub-District Magistrates, Tehsildars, and Block Development Officers to conduct monthly reviews of progress. Departments issuing or renewing licenses have been directed to encourage applicants to invest in National Savings Schemes (NSS).
He further recommended that employees without General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts be motivated to invest their dearness allowance in schemes like National Savings Certificates (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF). To expand outreach in rural areas, two educated unemployed women and two men will be nominated as post office agents in each block.
Retired and voluntarily retired government employees are to be encouraged to invest in the Monthly Income Scheme and the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, while government staff appointed after 2004 should be guided to open PPF accounts. Awareness campaigns will also be organised to promote investments in the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.
All departments have been asked to submit their monthly progress reports to the District Savings Officer by the 5th of each month. Additionally, officials and employees have been encouraged to lead by example and personally invest in these schemes.