Lok Sabha Question No. 3946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3946 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA

## 3946.   SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

- (a) the details of benefits accrued from the mapping of field functionaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) using Local Government Directory Code;
- (b) whether a periodic review of the implementation of the scheme is being conducted in all States and UTs and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the critical issues that have been reported regarding the functioning/ implementation of the scheme along with the corrective measures taken/ being taken by the Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) The  mapping  of  field  functionaries  on  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana-Common Application  Software  (PMMVY-CAS)  using  Local  Government  Directory  (LGD)  Code  allows implementing  the  scheme  independent  of  the  implementing  Department  in  States/UTs.  The various  Departments  like  Health,  Women  &  Child  Development  or  Social  Welfare  are implementing  the  scheme  in  various  States/UTs.  It  also  allows  hierarchical  monitoring  of scheme from Pan-India to village level. Further, it allows tracking the boarding status of villages where the filed functionaries for implementing PMMVY are active.
- (b): Under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Review Meeting cum Workshops, as well  as  National  level  Workshops  are  conducted  regularly  for  highest  level  monitoring  and review  the  implementation  of  scheme  in  all  States/  UTs.  Review  is  also  undertaken  through video conferences with all the States/UTs periodically to monitor the progress. The scheme is implemented through web based Software, viz. PMMVY-CAS which has dashboard for regular monitoring/ review of the scheme.
- (c): The  details  of  suggestions/feedback  reported  by  the  users  from  the  State/UT  regarding functioning/ implementation of the scheme along with the action taken by the Government are at Annexure .

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## Major Suggestion/Feedback and Action Taken by MWCD

|   Sl. No. | Suggestion/Feedback received from the Users of States/UTs                                                                                                               | Action Taken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Information related to Account Based Payments in PMMVY-CAS                                                                                                              | Introduced Bank Name and Account No. (last 4 digits) in Payments report even for Account Based Payments along with Aadhaar Based Payments                                                                                                      |
|         2 | Request for List of beneficiaries which failed Authentication (UIDAI or PFMS)                                                                                           | Introduced Authentication Failure Report to display the same along with reason for failure at various levels including Data Entry Operator (DEO), Sanctioning Officer (SO) and State Nodal Officer (SNO)                                       |
|         3 | Request for List of beneficiaries which were rejected by SO                                                                                                             | Introduced Rejected Report to display the same along with reason for rejection at various levels including DEO, SO and SNO                                                                                                                     |
|         4 | Request for a list of beneficiaries with Payment Failures                                                                                                               | Introduced Payment Failure Report to display the same along with reason for failure at various levels including DEO, SO and SNO                                                                                                                |
|         5 | DEOs had issue tracking the Filed Functionary related to the beneficiary which were in Correction Queue and had issues with corrective measures for UIDAI failures      | Introduced Field Functionary and Suggestive Actions Column in Correction Queue to make it easier to track Field Functionaries (already available on Beneficiary Profile Page) and the actions to be taken by DEO in case of failure from UIDAI |
|         6 | Request for more information regarding the pending applications in the system as to the level at which they were pending to be processed                                | Introduced Supervisor and Field Functionary level drill down in Ageing Report in addition to the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO)/Medical Officer (MO) level information                                                               |
|         7 | Request for a snippet of the current status of the scheme in their respective Project/Block                                                                             | Introduced Program Summary report (Dashboard) with information at a glance regarding Total Beneficiaries, Funds Disbursed and Average Time Taken for Disbursement of Funds                                                                     |
|         8 | Request for information regarding the total number of Districts, CDPOs and Anganwadi Centers in the system and the total number of users for their respective locations | Introduced Master Status report displaying the same with the information as per the system at various levels including SO, DNO and SNO                                                                                                         |
|         9 | Request for a method to close an application in case of any untoward incident with the beneficiary so the same is not displayed in 3 rd Installment Due report          | Beneficiary Close Application functionality was introduced at SO level so that they can close a beneficiary's application and provide a reason for the same                                                                                    |
|        10 | Requested for information about beneficiaries who are eligible for but had not claimed 2 nd and/or 3 rd Installment                                                     | 2 nd and 3 rd Installment Due report was introduced at SO and DNO level so they could instruct the filed functionaries to follow up with such beneficiaries in order for them to avail the full benefit of the scheme                          |
|        11 | Requested for an overview of the beneficiaries who had provided Aadhaar data at a more granular level instead of the State level                                        | Aadhaar Penetration Report was modified to display data at District Level in addition to State level                                                                                                                                           |