Lok Sabha Question No. 3823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Implementation Status of PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3823

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF PMMVY

## 3823. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

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

- (a)      the present status of implementation of  Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) specially in Satara District in the State of Maharashtra;
- (b)      the funds allocated vis-a-vis disbursed to beneficiaries under the scheme during the last two years; and
- (c)      the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  benefit  of  the  scheme  to  all pregnant and lactating mothers irrespective of number of children?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY),  maternity  benefits amounting to Rs.10225.64 crores (including Central and State share) have been paid till  10.03.2022 to more than 2.39 crores eligible beneficiaries across the country since inception of the scheme. In Satara district of Maharashtra, maternity benefits amounting to Rs.41.86 crores (including Central and State share) have been paid till 10.03.2022 to 94,957 eligible beneficiaries since inception of the scheme.
- (b)        The  year-wise  details  of  funds  allocated  under  PMMVY  and  maternity  benefit disbursed during the last two years and the current financial year are as under:

| Year                          | Budget Estimates/ Revised Estimates* (Rs. In Crore)   |   Amount of Maternity benefit disbursed (Rs. In Crore)** |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20                       | 2500.00/2300.00                                       |                                                  3317.26 |
| 2020-21                       | 2500.00/1239.44                                       |                                                  2475.89 |
| 2021-22 (As on 10.03.2022)*** | 2522.00/1863.09                                       |                                                  1817.8  |

* Central Share only.

** This includes both Central and State share.

*** PMMVY is a sub-scheme under Samarthya from the financial year 2021-22. The BE and RE figures are for entire Samarthya.

(c)        Mission  Shakti  has  been  launched  recently  to  provide  integrated  benefits  of safety,  security  and  empowerment  to  women.  Under  the  revamped  PMMVY  under Mission  Shakti,  written  consent  and  the  aadhaar  of  husband  not  to  be  a  mandatory criteria in the modified guidelines of PMMVY in order to facilitate single and abandoned mothers.   Furthermore,  the  maternity  benefit  amounting  to  Rs.6,000/-  is  also  to  be provided for the second child, but only if the second child is a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and promote the girl child.

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