Lok Sabha Question No. 395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Maternity Benefit Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION   NO. 395

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2017

## MATERNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMME

395. SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  a  new  scheme  for  pregnant  and  lactating  mothers  called Maternity Benefit Programme and if so, the details and the eligibility criteria thereof;
- (b) the cost sharing pattern of the scheme between Centre and States along with  its expected cost for the current and coming years indicating the funds released thereunder to the States/UTs so far, State/UTwise;
- (c) the expected number of beneficiaries under the scheme;
- (d) whether the detailed guidelines for implementation and monitoring of the scheme have been issued, if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which the same are likely to be issued; and
- (e) the further measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to achieve its intended objectives?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) The Government of India has approved pan-India implementation of the Maternity Benefit Programme to cover all the districts of the country with effect from 01.01.2017. The programme envisages payment of Rs.6,000/- to the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). This benefit would be available to all  PW&LM except those in regular employment with the Central Government or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force.
- (b) The cost sharing ratio between the Centre and the States (other than North-Eastern States & Himalayan States) & Union Territories with legislature is 60:40. For North-Eastern States & Himalayan States it is 90:10. It is 100% for Union Territories without legislature. The total cost of pan-India implementation of Maternity Benefit Programme for the remaining part of the current  financial  year  is  Rs.584.00  crores  and  from  2017-18  to  2019-20  is  Rs.7348.00  crores  as Government  of  India  share.  A  statement  showing  funds  released  for  Maternity  Benefit  Programme

applicable upto 31.12.2016 is annexed.

- (c) It is expected that about 51.70 lakh beneficiaries would avail the benefit annually,
- (d) The  implementation  guidelines,  including  monitoring  mechanism,  of  the  Maternity  Benefit  Programme already exist and the required modifications have been drafted.
- (e) The programme envisages payment of maternity benefit directly to the Bank/Post Office accounts of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

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Statement referred to in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  395  for  answer  on 03.02.2017 raised by Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Shri B. Vinod Kumar, Shri Shrirang Appa Barne, Shri Adhalrao Patil Shivajirao, Shri Dharmendra Yadav and Shri Dushyant Chautala regarding Maternity Benefit Programme

## State/UT-wise details of funds released under Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) during 2016-17 (Upto 31.12.2016)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs    | 2016-17 (Rupees in Lakh)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | -                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 17.44                      |
| 3         | Assam                     | -                          |
| 4         | Bihar                     | -                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              | -                          |
| 6         | Goa                       | 75.37                      |
| 7         | Gujarat                   | 528.10                     |
| 8         | Haryana                   | -                          |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh          | -                          |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir           | -                          |
| 11        | Jharkhand                 | 50.00                      |
| 12        | Karnataka                 | -                          |
| 13        | Kerala                    | -                          |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh            | -                          |
| 15        | Maharashtra               | -                          |
| 16        | Manipur                   | -                          |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 | -                          |
| 18        | Mizoram                   | -                          |
| 19        | Nagaland                  | -                          |
| 20        | Odisha                    | 560.32                     |
| 21        | Punjab                    | -                          |
| 22        | Rajasthan                 | -                          |
| 23        | Sikkim                    | 11.64                      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                | 740.37                     |
| 25        | Telangana                 | -                          |
| 26        | Tripura                   | -                          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             | -                          |
| 28        | Uttarakhand               | -                          |
| 29        | West Bengal               | -                          |
| 30        | Delhi                     | -                          |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 119.43                     |
| 32        | Puducherry                | -                          |
| 33        | Chandigarh                | -                          |
| 34        | Daman & Diu               | -                          |
| 35        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 42.12                      |
| 36        | Lakshadweep               | -                          |
| Total     | Total                     | 2144.79                    |