Lok Sabha Question No. 3033 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Maternity Benefits under PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3033

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## MATERNITY BENEFITS UNDER PMMVY

3033.  DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to allow maternity benefits for only first child instead of second, due to paucity of funds;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has taken steps to mitigate the risk of malnutrition and morbidity which is higher during the second pregnancy;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  the  maternity  benefits  to  all pregnant  women  at  the  rate  of  6,000  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana Yojana  (PMMVY)  in  all  parts  of  the  country  including  Maharashtra  and  Tamil Nadu;
- (f) the  annual  target  for  the  current  year  and  the  number  of  women  reaping  the benefits of this scheme, so far, State/UT-wise; and
- (g) the other steps taken by the Government for the success of PMMVY scheme in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b) The maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are  available  to  the  eligible  beneficiaries  for  first  living  child.  Normally,  the  first pregnancy  of  a  woman  exposes  her  to  new  kinds  of  challenges  and  stress  factors. Hence, the scheme provides support to the mother for safe delivery and immunization of her first living child.

(c) & (d) The Government has accorded high priority to the issue of malnutrition and is implementing several schemes like Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojna  (PMMVY)  under  the  Umbrella  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme as direct targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition among women and children in the country.

Government has set up POSHAN Abhiyaan on 18.12.2017 for a three year time frame  commencing  from  2017-18.  The  goals  of  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  are  to  achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner during the three years with fixed targets as under:

|   S. No. | Objective                                                                                          | Target        |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Prevent and reduce Stunting in children (0- 6 years)                                               | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|        2 | Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years)                | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|        3 | Reduce the prevalence of anaemia among young Children(6-59 months)                                 | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|        4 | Reduce the prevalence of anaemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years. | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|        5 | Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW).                                                                     | By 6% @2%p.a. |

The Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner, through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. The Abhiyaan has mechanisms for timely service delivery and a robust monitoring as well as intervention infrastructure. It targets to bring down stunting of the children in the age  group  of  0-6  years  from  38.4%  to  25%  by  the  year  2022.  The  major  activities undertaken under this Abhiyaan are ensuring convergence with various other programmes;  Information  Technology  enabled  Common  Application  Software  for strengthening service delivery and interventions; Community Mobilization and Awareness  Advocacy  leading  to  Jan  Andolan-  to  educate  the  people  on  nutritional aspects;  Capacity  Building  of  Frontline  Functionaries,  incentivizing  States/  UTs  for achieving goals etc.

- (e) The maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are available to all Pregnant Women and Lactating Mother (PW&LM), except those who are 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, for first living child in all parts of the country, including Maharashtra and  Tamil  Nadu.  Under  PMMVY,  maternity  benefit  of  ₹  5,000/-  is  provided  in  three installments  to  eligible  PW&LM  during  the  period  of  pregnancy  and  lactation.  The eligible beneficiary also receives the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms towards  maternity  benefit  under  Janani  Suraksha  Yojana  (JSY)  after  institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets ₹ 6,000/-.
- (f) Annual target  can  not  be  fixed.  However,  PMMVY  is  expected  to  cover  51.70 lakhs beneficiaries per annum. The State/UT-wise the number of beneficiaries reaping the benefits of the scheme so far is Annexed .
- (g) The PMMVY  is reviewed periodically through Video Conferences with States/UTs  and  through  National  and  Regional  level  workshops  for  its  successful implementation. The operational difficulties faced by the States/UTs in implementation of  the  scheme,  as  and  when  reported,  are  addressed  through  mutual/technical discussions.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3033 for answer on 06.12.2019 raised by Dr. DNV Senthilkumar, Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Shrimati Supriya Sule regarding PMMVY

## State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries reaping the benefits of the scheme under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  | Number of Beneficiaries   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 4,023                     |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            | 8,08,112                  |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 11,937                    |
| 4.        | Assam                     | 3,84,463                  |
| 5.        | Bihar                     | 8,66,808                  |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                | 14,969                    |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              | 3,20,612                  |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 5,443                     |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu               | 3,093                     |
| 10.       | Delhi                     | 1,26,292                  |
| 11.       | Goa                       | 11,737                    |
| 12.       | Gujarat                   | 5,85,825                  |
| 13.       | Haryana                   | 3,48,926                  |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1,21,560                  |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 1,09,260                  |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                 | 3,38,222                  |
| 17.       | Karnataka                 | 6,73,749                  |
| 18.       | Kerala                    | 4,00,665                  |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep               | 650                       |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh            | 14,45,609                 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra               | 12,93,585                 |
| 22.       | Manipur                   | 27,248                    |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                 | 15,822                    |
| 24.       | Mizoram                   | 15,841                    |
| 25.       | Nagaland                  | 14,664                    |
| 26.       | Odisha                    | 7                         |
| 27.       | Puducherry                | 13,299                    |
| 28.       | Punjab                    | 2,49,023                  |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                 | 9,81,685                  |
| 30.       | Sikkim                    | 6,069                     |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                | 4,81,528                  |
| 32.       | Telangana                 | 3                         |
| 33.       | Tripura                   | 48,512                    |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh             | 22,70,458                 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand               | 1,05,579                  |
| 36.       | West Bengal               | 7,15,083                  |
| Total     | Total                     | 1,28,20,361               |