Lok Sabha Question No. 491 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 491 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH JULY , 2019 PRADHAN MANTRI SURAK SHIT MATRITVA ABHIYA N

## *491. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will  the  Minister  of  HEALTH  AND  FAMILY  WELFARE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraks Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), many private medical practitioners are serving po pregnant women once in every mon th by conducting free tests and offering free treatment in their own clinics/nursing homes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  women  benefited  so  far  from  the  said  scheme  in  Rajasth particularly in Udaipur district;
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government to honour such private medi practitioners to encourage more practitioners to extend such servi ces; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to take any new steps to include more fa families under the said scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, th therefor?

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ANSWER (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) to ( e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 491* FOR 26 TH JULY , 2019

(a) The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan has been launched by the  Ministry  of  Health  & Family  Welfare  (MoHFW),  Government  of  India  to provide fixed - day assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care universa all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.

OBGY  specialists  /  Radiologists/  Doctors  working  in  the  private  sec encouraged to volunteer for the campaign and provide voluntary services at government  health  facilities  on  the  9th  of  every  month.    Beside  priva doctors, the doctors in public sector are also rendering services as part in conducting Ant e natal checkups for pregnant women.

(b)Private  doctors  can  register  for  the  campaign  through  any  of  the  f mechanisms:

- o Toll Free Number -Doctors can call 18001801104 to register
- o SMS -Doctors can SMS 'PMSMA <Name> to 5616115
- o PMSMA Portal -Register at www.pmsma.nhp.gov.in
- o Register using the 'Volunteer Registration' Section of the Mobile Application

5799  volunteers  (doctors)  have  registered  for  the  campaign  across  the ry. State / UT wise details of the same are annexed.

(c) More  than  19.8  lakh  antenatal  checkups  have  been  conducted  under programme  in  Rajasthan  and  more  than  67600  antenatal  checkups  have  b conducted under the programme in Udaipur.

(d) National Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan 'IPledgefor9' Achiev Awards Ceremony was organized on 29th June 2018. A total of 36 private s practitioners were given individual awards and two organizations namely and IMA were felicitated for their contributions to the initiative. A virtual 'Hall of Fame' has also been launched to recognize their contributions: https://pmsma.nhp.gov.in/hall - of - fame- 2/ . Several States such as Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan etc. have also awarded private practitioners for their contribution to PMSMA.

(e) All  pregnant  women  including  pregnant  women  from  farmer  families entitled to receive services under PMSMA. National and State level IEC campaigns are  regularly  organized  to  encourage  more  and  more  pregnant  women  to PMSMA services. A mobile and web based application has been designed to pregnant women find their nearest PMSMA facility. In order to access this pregnant  women  can  visit  https://pmsma.nhp.gov.in/or  download  the  'PMS mobile application.

## Annexure:

| State                       |   Total Number of Volunteers (Doctors) Registered |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                                 4 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH              |                                               145 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |                                                 2 |
| ASSAM                       |                                                92 |
| BIHAR                       |                                               279 |
| CHANDIGARH                  |                                                 5 |
| CHHATTISGARH                |                                               271 |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      |                                                 8 |
| DAMAN AND DIU               |                                                 0 |
| DELHI                       |                                               145 |
| GOA                         |                                                 8 |
| GUJARAT                     |                                               371 |
| HARYANA                     |                                               312 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH            |                                                16 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR           |                                                23 |
| JHARKHAND                   |                                               120 |
| KARNATAKA                   |                                               394 |
| KERALA                      |                                                79 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                 |                                                 0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH              |                                               714 |
| MAHARASHTRA                 |                                               786 |
| MANIPUR                     |                                                18 |
| MEGHALAYA                   |                                                 5 |
| MIZORAM                     |                                                 9 |
| NAGALAND                    |                                                 1 |
| ODISHA                      |                                               188 |

| State         |   Total Number of Volunteers (Doctors) Registered |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| PUDUCHERRY    |                                                 7 |
| PUNJAB        |                                               101 |
| RAJASTHAN     |                                               728 |
| SIKKIM        |                                                11 |
| TAMIL NADU    |                                                79 |
| TELANGANA     |                                                49 |
| TRIPURA       |                                                15 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |                                               654 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |                                                36 |
| WEST BENGAL   |                                               124 |
| Total         |                                              5799 |