India's state-owned banks are conducting a massive campaign to open millions of accounts for poor Indians who are off the financial grid and vulnerable to black market money lenders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the programme on Thursday, saying it would give the poor "renewed strength to fight poverty".

Al Jazeera's Nidhi Dutt reports from New Delhi.

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