Ministry of Finance Launched 'Jan Dhan Darshak' Mobile Application

1. The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance and National Informatics Centre (NIC) have jointly developed a mobile app called Jan Dhan Darshak as a part of financial inclusion (FI) initiative.
2. As the name suggests, this app will act as a guide for the common people in locating a financial service touch point at a given location in the country.
3. While over 5 lakh FI touch points (Bank branches, ATMs, Post Offices) have been mapped on this App, approx. 1.35 lakh Bank Mitras would be on-boarded by 01.12.2018.
4. Some of the salient features of this App are as follows:

• Find nearby Financial touch points, based on current location (Branches/ATM/Post offices)
• Search by place name
• Search by place name also available with Voice Interface
• Phone number of bank branches available in the app, with the facility of call button for integrated dialing
• Users’ feedback will go directly to the concerned bank for carrying out the necessary updation in data on financial touch points.