Lok Sabha Question No. 2121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Enrolments under PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Ramesh Chand Bind, Aparupa  Poddar, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2121

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## ENROLMENTS UNDER PMMVY

2121.   SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in the country;
- (b) if  so, the details and salient features thereof along with the date on which it was launched;
- (c) the progress made along with the number of enrolments registered and women benefitted under the scheme during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the details of funds allocated under the scheme during the said period, State/UTwise and city-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government is implementing any other scheme for the purpose and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e)  Yes,  Sir.  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017 with the objectives of (i) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms  of  cash  incentive,  so  that  the  woman  can  take  adequate  rest  before  and  after delivery  of  the  first  child;  and  (ii)  to  improve  health  seeking  behaviour  amongst  the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). PMMVY provides cash incentive of Rs. 5000/-  directly  to  the  bank/post  office  account  of  PW&LM.   The  eligible  beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms towards maternity benefit under  Janani  Suraksha  Yojana  after  institutional  delivery,  so  that  on  an  average  a woman gets Rs. 6000/-.  The salient features of PMMVY are at Annexure-I .

The  PMMVY  is  a  component  under  the  sub-scheme  'Samarthya'  of  the  newly launched 'Mission Shakti', an umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women. The revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti now also aims to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.

The following  changes  in  the  salient  features  of  PMMVY  have  been  introduced with effect from 01.04.2022 with the launch of new Mission Shakti:

- i. The scheme is to provide maternity benefits to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society;
- ii. The maternity benefit is to be provided to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl;
- iii. For  the  first  child  the  maternity  benefit  of  ₹5000  is   provided  in  two  instalments under PMMVY and the beneficiary is also entitled to receive the cash incentive as per  approved  norms  towards  Maternity  Benefit  under  Janani  Suraksha  Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average ,a women gets ₹6000
- iv. For the second child, the benefit of ₹6000 is to be provided subject to second child is a girl child, in one installment after the birth;
- v. The  beneficiary's  husband's  Aadhaar  is  not  mandatory  for  availing  the  benefits under the Scheme;
- vi. Cases  of  miscarriage/still  births  are  to  be  treated  as  fresh  cases  for  providing maternity benefit under the scheme.

Since  inception  of  the  Scheme,  more  than  2.89  crore  PW&LM  have  been  enrolled and ₹11,217.39 crore has been disbursed as on 15.07.2022. The State/UT-wise number of  beneficiaries  enrolled,  number  of  beneficiaries  provided  maternity  benefits  and  total amount disbursed during the last five years and the current financial year till 15.07.2022 is at Annexure-II .

The funds under PMMVY are released to States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds. Thus, State/UT-wise and city-wise allocations are not made under PMMVY. The State/UT-wise details of funds released under PMMVY during the last five years are at Annexure-III .

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2121 for answer on 29.07.2022 regarding 'Enrolments under PMMVY'

## Salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

- (i)         The maternity benefit, is available to a woman for the first living child of family subject to fulfillment of conditionalities. All the pregnant women  and  lactating mothers in regular employment with Central Government or State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings or those  who  are  in  receipt  of  similar  benefits  under  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  are excluded.
- (ii)        The conditionalities and number of instalments under PMMVY are as under:
- (iii)       Mother and Child Protection (MCP) Card is the verification tool for verification of fulfillment of conditionalities.
- (iv)        Early registration of pregnancy has been considered as registration of pregnancy within 150 days from the date of her Last Menstrual Period (LMP) and duly recorded on MCP Card.
- (v)        All Pregnant Women who have registered their pregnancy for the first child in family on or after 01.01.2017 are eligible for getting benefit under the programme.
- (vi)       The funds to the beneficiaries under PMMVY will be transferred directly to their Bank/Post Office account in Direct Benefit Transfer Mode.
- (vii)      If a beneficiary delivers twins/triplet/quadruplet, it will be counted as first living child in the family.
- (viii)      An  eligible  beneficiary  can  apply,  at  any  point  of  time  but  not  later  than  730  days  of pregnancy.
- (ix)       The grants-in-aid are transferred in ESCROW Bank Account as well as State/UT treasury for different components of the scheme. For the maternity benefit component (Conditional Cash Transfer of ₹ 5,000/-) is transferred to the Escrow Bank Account of the States/UTs and remaining components is through State/UT's Treasury Account.
- (x)         At  the  Centre,  the  scheme  is  being  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development. The States/UTs have option to implement the scheme either through Women & Child Development Department/Social Welfare Department or through Health & Family Welfare Department.

| Cash Transfer      | Conditions                                                                                                                 | Amount in ₹   |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| First Installment  |  Early Registration of Pregnancy                                                                                          | 1,000/-       |
| Second Installment |  Received at least one antenatal Check-up (Payment after 6 months of pregnancy)                                           | 2,000/-       |
| Third Installment  |  Child birth is registered  Child has received first cycle of BCG, OPV, DPT and Hepatitis-B or its equivalent/substitute | 2,000/-       |

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Annexure-II

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2121 for answer on 29.07.2022 regarding 'Enrolments under PMMVY'

State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries enrolled, number of beneficiaries provided maternity benefits and total amount disbursed during the last five years 2017-18 to 2021-22 and the current financial year till 15.07.2022 under PMMVY

|        |                             | Cumulative (as on 15.07.2022)   | Cumulative (as on 15.07.2022)   | Cumulative (as on 15.07.2022)        |
|--------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                    | No. of Beneficiaries enrolled   | No. of Beneficiaries Paid       | Total amount Disbursed* (₹ in Lakhs) |
| 1      | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 7,398                           | 7,080                           | 328                                  |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | 14,00,109                       | 12,08,104                       | 53,438                               |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 27,053                          | 23,273                          | 1,024                                |
| 4      | Assam                       | 9,28,463                        | 8,47,484                        | 38,679                               |
| 5      | Bihar                       | 29,51,948                       | 25,66,257                       | 1,13,204                             |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  | 29,449                          | 28,502                          | 1,217                                |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                | 6,86,918                        | 6,42,437                        | 26,470                               |
| 8      | Dadra And Nagar Haveli      |                                 |                                 |                                      |
| 9      | Daman And Diu               | 17,103                          | 16,419                          | 683                                  |
| 10     | Delhi                       | 3,55,799                        | 3,34,279                        | 14,647                               |
| 11     | Goa                         | 22,876                          | 19,874                          | 876                                  |
| 12     | Gujarat                     | 10,44,199                       | 9,17,074                        | 39,666                               |
| 13     | Haryana                     | 6,79,631                        | 6,30,188                        | 28,248                               |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            | 2,32,002                        | 2,23,651                        | 10,237                               |
| 15     | Jammu And Kashmir           | 2,89,860                        | 2,74,716                        | 12,110                               |
| 16     | Jharkhand                   | 7,45,070                        | 6,44,786                        | 27,270                               |
| 17     | Karnataka                   | 18,27,256                       | 16,42,404                       | 72,208                               |
| 18     | Kerala                      | 8,51,503                        | 8,17,425                        | 35,955                               |
| 19     | Ladakh                      | 4,751                           | 4,049                           | 74                                   |
| 20     | Lakshadweep                 | 1,537                           | 1,387                           | 48                                   |
| 21     | Madhya Pradesh              | 29,84,455                       | 28,20,088                       | 1,26,035                             |
| 22     | Maharashtra                 | 30,10,900                       | 27,22,044                       | 1,22,419                             |
| 23     | Manipur                     | 58,036                          | 51,865                          | 2,479                                |
| 24     | Meghalaya                   | 41,706                          | 38,730                          | 1,656                                |
| 25     | Mizoram                     | 32,314                          | 31,195                          | 1,436                                |
| 26     | Nagaland                    | 31,352                          | 27,978                          | 1,352                                |
| 27     | Odisha                      | 7                               | 5                               | 0                                    |
| 28     | Puducherry                  | 29,409                          | 27,827                          | 1,275                                |
| 29     | Punjab                      | 5,07,631                        | 3,94,641                        | 17,582                               |
| 30     | Rajasthan                   | 18,12,088                       | 16,93,853                       | 70,378                               |
| 31     | Sikkim                      | 13,365                          | 11,854                          | 518                                  |
| 32     | Tamil Nadu                  | 14,99,516                       | 11,47,397                       | 41,649                               |
| 33     | Telangana                   | 3                               | 0                               | 0                                    |
| 34     | Tripura                     | 97,071                          | 85,053                          | 3,493                                |
| 35     | Uttar Pradesh               | 51,40,929                       | 45,69,334                       | 1,97,320                             |
| 36     | Uttarakhand                 | 2,57,341                        | 2,16,571                        | 9,822                                |
| 37     | West Bengal                 | 13,74,087                       | 10,72,183                       | 47,831                               |
| Grand  | Total                       | 2,89,93,135                     | 2,57,60,007                     | 11,21,740                            |

Annexure-III

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2121 for answer on 29.07.2022 regarding 'Enrolments under PMMVY'

State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released during the last five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 under PMMVY

| S. No.   | State/UT                                 |   Central share of funds released (₹ in Crore) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                |                                           5.48 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                                         347.1  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                                          19.34 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |                                         368.76 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |                                         819.64 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |                                          15.73 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |                                         165.34 |
| 8        | The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                           7.26 |
| 9        | Goa                                      |                                           5.37 |
| 10       | Gujarat                                  |                                         310.46 |
| 11       | Haryana                                  |                                         193.24 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                                          98.75 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir                          |                                         116.62 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                |                                         208.8  |
| 15       | Karnataka                                |                                         466.33 |
| 16       | Kerala                                   |                                         223.36 |
| 17       | Ladakh                                   |                                           1.14 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                              |                                           0.67 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                                         787.25 |
| 20       | Maharashtra                              |                                         752.92 |
| 21       | Manipur                                  |                                          27.24 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                |                                          26.5  |
| 23       | Mizoram                                  |                                          26.54 |
| 24       | Nagaland                                 |                                          19.91 |
| 25       | NCT Of Delhi                             |                                          88.7  |
| 26       | Odisha                                   |                                          75.26 |
| 27       | Puducherry                               |                                           8.8  |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |                                         122.7  |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                |                                         515.66 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   |                                           5.62 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |                                         302.08 |
| 32       | Telangana                                |                                          75.81 |
| 33       | Tripura                                  |                                          36.78 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                                        1274.03 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              |                                         107.71 |
| 36       | West Bengal                              |                                         382.12 |
|          | Total                                    |                                        8008.98 |