Lok Sabha Question No. 997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Financial Assistance to Pregnant Women
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th FEBRUARY, 2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PREGNANT WOMEN

## 997. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) whether the life of both the mother and the child are at ri sk owing to absence of adequate health care facility in delivery cases;
- (b) if so, the number of cases of new born mortality and threat to mother's life immediately after delivery in absence of adequate health care facility, reported during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) the amount of financial assistance provided to the pregnant women at the time of delivery and the total number of cases of non - payment of such financial assistance reported/identified during the last three years in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWIN I KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): No such data is maintained at Government of India Level. However, e vidence suggests that 15 % of pregnancies may develop complications during antenatal, intra and  post - natal  period.  Such  complications  can  take  place  any time  during  pregnancy  and child  birth.  Timely  availability  of  emergency  obstetric  care  reduces  the  risk pregnancy, childbirth and post - partum period.

Similarly,  10%  of  neonate  may  develop  complications  after  delivery  and  requi essential newborn c are and resuscitation.

However,  Government  of  India  has  made  significant  progress  in  reducing  th maternal mortality ratio (MMR) from 130 per 1,00,000 live births in SRS 2014 - 16 to 122 per 1,00,000 live births in SRS 2015 - 17.

Similarly, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has reduced from 39 per 1,000 live births in SRS 2014 to 33 per 1,000 live births in SRS 2017.

- (c): The  amount  of  the  financial  assistance  given  to  the  eligible  JSY  beneficiarie institutional delivery in rural and urban areas is as follows. Mah rashtra comes under High performing State (HPS):

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| Category                                        | Rural area (Rs.)                                | Urban area (Rs.)                                | Eligibility                                                                                                                   |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial Assistance for Institutional Delivery | Financial Assistance for Institutional Delivery | Financial Assistance for Institutional Delivery | Financial Assistance for Institutional Delivery                                                                               |
| Low Performing States (LPS)                     | 1400                                            | 1000                                            | Available to all women regardless of number of children for delivery in /private accredited health facilities.                |
| High Performing States (HPS)                    | 700                                             | 600                                             | Available only to BPL/SC/ST women regardless age and number of children for government /private accredited health facilities. |

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As per information received from the State Government of Maharashtra, the numbe of beneficiaries to whom JSY benefits provided and not provided in the last three y shown in the table below:

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| Year     |   Total Reported Deliveries of Beneficiaries |   JSY No. of beneficiaries whomJSY benefit given |   to was No.of beneficiaries to benefitwas not given |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016- 17 |                                       347933 |                                           281027 |                                                66906 |
| 2017- 18 |                                       365318 |                                           312445 |                                                52873 |
| 2018- 19 |                                       331136 |                                           303518 |                                                27618 |