Lok Sabha Question No. 1091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Benefits to Pregnant Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1091

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## BENEFITS TO PREGNANT WOMEN

## 1091.  SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  to  provide  early  registration,  medical  and  other  benefits  to  pregnant women;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  reviewed  the  programmes  being  run  for  the  pregnant women and if so, the outcome thereof;
- (c) the  State-wise details  of  the fund  allocated for  this  in the  last financial  year  2018-19; and
- (d) whether the fund allocated under this scheme has been spent as per the guidelines and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  is  taking  following  steps  to  provide  early registration, medical and other benefits to pregnant women:
- (i) Tracking of eligible couple under RCH portal for early registration of pregnancy.
- (ii) Name Based Web enabled Tracking of Pregnant Women to ensure antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care.
- (iii) Village  Health,  Sanitation  and  Nutrition  Days  in  rural  areas  as  an  outreach activity, for provision of maternal and child health services.
- (iv) Promotion of institutional deliveries and early registration of pregnancy through Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).

Apart  from  this,  the  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  the Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017. Under PMMVY, cash incentive of ₹5,000/- is provided in three installments to  eligible  Pregnant  Women  and  Lactating  Mothers  (PW&LM)  during  the  period  of pregnancy and lactation for the first  living  child  to  improve  health  seeking  behaviour amongst them. The first installment of ₹1,000/- is provided to the eligible beneficiary for early  registration  of  the  pregnancy.  At  least  one  Ante-Natal  Check-up  (ANC)  is necessary to avail second installment of ₹2,000/-. The third installment of ₹2,000/- is provided  to  the  eligible  beneficiaries  on  the  registration  of  the  birth  of  the  child  and completion  of  first  cycle  of  BCG,  OPV  and  Hepatitis-B  or  its  equivalent/substitute. Further, under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), the pregnant woman is provided facility of institutional delivery as well as monetary benefit.

- (b) The PMMVY is reviewed periodically through Video Conferences with States/UTs and thorugh National and Regional level workshops. As outcome of the reviews, the uptake of the scheme has increased and more beneficiaries are brought under the ambit of the scheme.
- (c) The State/UT-wise details of funds released under PMMVY during the year 2018-19 are Annexed.
- (d) The funds released under PMMVY  are  spent by the State Governments/UT Administrations as per the guidelines of the scheme.

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Statement referred to in part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1091 for 22.11.2019 raised by Shri Pankaj Chaudhary regarding Benefits to Pregnant Women

## State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  during  2018-19  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

| Sl. No.     | State/UT                  | Central share of Funds Released to States/UTs (₹ in lakh)   |
|-------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 41.13                                                       |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh            | 14101.75                                                    |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh         | 36.00                                                       |
| 4.          | Assam                     | 817.00                                                      |
| 5.          | Bihar                     | 1253.00                                                     |
| 6.          | Chandigarh                | 248.08                                                      |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh              | 2025.85                                                     |
| 8.          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 75.85                                                       |
| 9.          | Daman & Diu               | 28.98                                                       |
| 10.         | Delhi                     | 107.26                                                      |
| 11.         | Goa                       | 5958.97                                                     |
| 12.         | Gujarat                   | 3674.84                                                     |
| 13.         | Haryana                   | 1793.84                                                     |
| 14.         | Himachal Pradesh          | 828.42                                                      |
| 15.         | Jammu & Kashmir           | 1453.37                                                     |
| 16.         | Jharkhand                 | 6361.72                                                     |
| 17.         | Karnataka                 | 3514.27                                                     |
| 18.         | Kerala                    | 4.44                                                        |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep               | 18581.47                                                    |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh            | 11795.62                                                    |
| 21.         | Maharashtra               | 75.00                                                       |
| 22.         | Manipur                   | 102.00                                                      |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                 | 294.70                                                      |
| 24.         | Mizoram                   | 52.00                                                       |
| 25.         | Nagaland                  | 795.75                                                      |
| 26.         | Odisha                    | 383.00                                                      |
| 27.         | Puducherry                | 63.53                                                       |
| 28.         | Punjab                    | 1141.42                                                     |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                 | 9605.43                                                     |
| 30.         | Sikkim                    | 21.00                                                       |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu                | 658.00                                                      |
| 32.         | Telangana                 | 385.00                                                      |
| 33.         | Tripura                   | 96.00                                                       |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh             | 14216.71                                                    |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand               | 1425.66                                                     |
| 36.         | West Bengal               | 2938.72                                                     |
| Grand Total |                           | 1,04,955.77                                                 |