Lok Sabha Question No. 3369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Maternity Benefit Schemes under PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan, Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3369

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## MATERNITY BENEFIT SCHEMES UNDER PMMVY

3369. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN: SHRI A. RAJA:

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

- (a) whether according to the NITI Aayog report more than 28% of the Maternity Benefit Scheme  under  PMMVY  is  crediting  the  financial  assistance  to  wrong  accounts despite being linked to Aadhaar;
- (b) the  steps  being  taken  to  identify  the  wrong  beneficiaries  and  retrieve  the  amount and also action taken in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  NITI  Aayog  has  expressed  their  dissatisfaction  on  the  present  mode and  advised  simplification  of  documents  and  rationalization  of  the  payment  mode and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the remedial steps being taken to ensure that the beneficiaries are benefited under the said scheme and compensated for the non-payment for earlier cases; and
- (e) the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  PMMVY  for  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise including Kerala?

## ANSWER

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

(a) According  to  the  NITI  Aayog's  September,  2019  Report  titled  ' TRANSFORMING NUTRITION IN INDIA: POSHAN ABHIYAAN' , a substantial number of cases (28% cases of all Aadhaar based payments, i.e. in case of 31.29 lakh payments) are going to different Bank  Accounts  than  what  had  been  provided  by  the  beneficiaries.  However,  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) maintains mapping of Aadhaar with a bank account, in case the bank account is seeded with Aadhaar. The Aadhaar based payments are made on the basis of this mapping and NPCI maintains only one Bank name against an Aadhaar number. Accordingly, the payments are transferred to the Bank account of the beneficiary whose data is maintained by NPCI. This is common to all Aadhaar based payments in the Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  ecosystem  and  is  not  specific  to  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY).  However,  in  a  few  cases  of  Aadhaar  based  payment,  the amount has been credited to Bank Account wrongly seeded with Aadhaar.

(b) The Ministry has taken up the matter with Department of Financial Services, Ministry of  Finance,  National  Payment  Corporation  of  India  (NPCI)  and  Unique  Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to make the process of linking Aadhaar simple and provide more information to the account holder on the Aadhaar linkage. This issue is highlighted in all review meetings that Ministry hold with the representatives from aforementioned institutions.  The  information  on  process  of  Aadhaar  linking  with  bank  account  is  also shared with the field functionaries in the regular workshops held at District and State level. The  following  steps  are  taken  by  Ministry  for  providing  the  information  regarding  the beneficiary of the payment -

- i. An  SMS  is  sent  to  the  mobile  number,  registered  under  PMMVY,  of  the beneficiary, informing her of the bank name, amount and last four digit of the bank  account  number  in  which payment  is  credited, when  the  credit information is received from Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
- ii. Monthly payment report is available to the Sanctioning Officers on PMMVYCAS, which has the details of all payments made in a particular month to the beneficiaries along with the details of Bank account (last four digits).
- iii. Access  is  provided  to  State  Nodal  Officer  to  provide  the  complete  bank account  number  to  beneficiary  in  cases,  where  the  last  four  digits  are insufficient to trace the account.
4. (c) NITI  Aayog  in  their  report  has  observed  that  there  is  need  for  simplification  in documentation  and  operational  rules  viz.  the  rule  for  completion  of  180  days  before processing 2 nd instalment and mandatory requirement of Birth Certificate for 3 rd instalment needs to be rationalized which are unnecessarily causing delays in payments.
5. (d) On the basis  of  feedbacks  received  from  States/UTs,  the  Government  has  taken initiatives  to  simplify  the  documentation required for claiming benefits under the scheme. This includes, allowing the prescription/vaccination card issued by private medical practitioners  for  the  purpose  of  fulfillment  of  requirement  of  ANC  and  vaccination  of  the child  for  easing  of  documentation  for  claiming  second  and  third  installment  of  maternity benefit  under  PMMVY.  Further,  eligible  beneficiary  who  has  undergone  one  Ante-Natal Check-up (ANC) has been allowed to submit application even before 180 days from the date of LMP. However, the payment will be processed after 180 days from the LMP date. The  requirement  of  birth  certificate  is  intentionally  kept  to  improve  the  rate  of  birth registration in the Civil Registration System.

An eligible beneficiary can claim maternity benefit under PMMVY within 730 days from the date  of  LMP.  Further,  States/UTs  organize  special  camps  for  enrolment  of  eligible beneficiaries under PMMVY time to time.

- (e) The State-wise and Year-wise details of total number of beneficiaries enrolled under PMMVY, including Kerala, are annexed .

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3369 for answer  on  13.03.2020  raised  by  Shri  M.K.  Raghavan  and  Shri  A.  Raja  regarding  Maternity Benefit Schemes under PMMVY

## State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of total number of beneficiaries enrolled, including Kerala, under PMMVY

| Sl. No.     | State/UT                 | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20 (As on 02.03.2020)   |
|-------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 2,112     | 1,501     | 868                          |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh           | 2,97,735  | 3,64,434  | 238,760                      |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh        | 836       | 6,681     | 6,467                        |
| 4.          | Assam                    | 26,684    | 1,42,228  | 305,360                      |
| 5.          | Bihar                    | 1,32,241  | 2,43,948  | 822,373                      |
| 6.          | Chandigarh               | 4,680     | 6,984     | 4,917                        |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh             | 94,279    | 1,45,626  | 134,029                      |
| 8.          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1,474     | 2,752     | 2,007                        |
| 9.          | Daman &Diu               | 276       | 2,189     | 1,153                        |
| 10.         | Delhi                    | 35,755    | 61,312    | 57,675                       |
| 11.         | Goa                      | 3,341     | 5,890     | 3,660                        |
| 12.         | Gujarat                  | 1,44,217  | 2,50,460  | 287,372                      |
| 13.         | Haryana                  | 91,961    | 1,78,187  | 113,582                      |
| 14.         | Himachal Pradesh         | 41,955    | 52,759    | 37,922                       |
| 15.         | Jammu &Kashmir           | 33,860    | 56,448    | 50,497                       |
| 16.         | Jharkhand                | 1,07,362  | 1,40,134  | 181,984                      |
| 17.         | Karnataka                | 1,32,572  | 3,59,141  | 290,394                      |
| 18.         | Kerala                   | 1,18,642  | 1,74,793  | 154,905                      |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep              | 245       | 299       | 229                          |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh           | 4,32,885  | 6,73,241  | 501,789                      |
| 21.         | Maharashtra              | 2,38,807  | 5,52,107  | 752,579                      |
| 22.         | Manipur                  | 4,603     | 7,557     | 20,783                       |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                | 2         | 3,878     | 14,499                       |
| 24.         | Mizoram                  | 3,762     | 10,096    | 3,641                        |
| 25.         | Nagaland                 | 162       | 3,219     | 14,155                       |
| 26.         | Odisha                   | 7         | 0         | -                            |
| 27.         | Puducherry               | 2,218     | 7,836     | 5,989                        |
| 28.         | Punjab                   | 68,291    | 1,17,288  | 91,161                       |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                | 1,23,884  | 6,33,603  | 281,215                      |
| 30.         | Sikkim                   | 1,758     | 3,585     | 1,840                        |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu               | 0         | 2,33,983  | 400,852                      |
| 32.         | Telangana                | 150       | 3         | (150)                        |
| 33.         | Tripura                  | 7,278     | 22,108    | 25,193                       |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh            | 3,11,109  | 11,85,214 | 1,156,252                    |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand              | 27,838    | 49,519    | 43,623                       |
| 36.         | West Bengal              | 77,028    | 3,61,008  | 470,386                      |
| Grand Total |                          | 25,70,009 | 60,60,011 | 58,88,324                    |