Lok Sabha Question No. 4822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Status of PMMV Yojana
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Arun Govil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4822

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## STATUS OF PMMV YOJANA

4822.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI ARUN GOVIL:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY), including the number of beneficiaries covered so far, the fund disbursement details along with its implementation across various States and rural areas;
- (b) the details of the impact of PMMVY on maternal and child health outcomes indicating the manner in which the scheme has contributed to financial support for pregnant women and lactating mothers particularly in underserved and rural areas in these States including Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) whether  any  changes  or  updates  are  being  considered  to  improve  its effectiveness including extending coverage/ revising eligibility criteria/ increasing the amount of cash transfer to ensure better support for beneficiaries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a)  to  (c)  Since  01.01.2017,  the  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is implementing Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) across the country (except Odisha and Telangana) through the officials of Women & Child Development and  Health  &  Family  Welfare  Departments  of  States  and  UTs.  The  PMMVY  is  a Centrally  Sponsored  Maternity  Benefit  Scheme  under  which  cash  incentives  of ₹5,000/- is provided directly to the Bank/Post Office account of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  mode  for  first  child.  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 ₹6,000/-. Cash incentive of ₹6,000/- is also provided under PMMVY to eligible beneficiaries for second child subject to the second child being a girl.

The current status of PMMVY, including the number of beneficiaries covered so far, and the fund disbursement details across various States/ UTs is placed at Annexure .

With  the  introduction  of  umbrella  Mission  Shakti  scheme  from  1st  April,  2022,  the number of instalments under PMMVY for the first child have been reduced from three (3) to two (2). Further, maternity benefit under PMMVY is also extended for the second child subject to second child being a girl. As a result of revision of scheme, a new online  portal,  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  Software  (PMMVYSoft)  was developed and launched in March, 2023. Under PMMVYSoft, Aadhaar authentication through UIDAI is done digitally and National Payment Corporations of India (NPCI) verification  is  also  ensured  so  that  funds  are  directly  transferred  only  to  the  DBTenabled Aadhaar-seeded bank or post office accounts of beneficiaries.

PMMVY is implemented in 34 States and UTs of the country. The Government of Odisha is in the process of onboarding PMMVY in their State and the Government of Telangana  is  not  implementing  PMMVY  in  their  State.  In  29  States  and  UTs,  the scheme  is  implemented  through  the  Women  &  Child  Development  Departments, where applications are registered at the level of Anganwadi Worker, and subsequent processing  is  done  at  the  level  of  Supervisor,  Child  Development  Project  Officer (CDPO)  and  State  Nodal  Officer.  In  the  5  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the scheme is implemented through the Health & Family Welfare Departments, where applications are registered at the level of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), and subsequent processing is done at the level of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), Medical Officer and State Nodal Officer. The registration,  processing  and  day-to-day  monitoring  of  PMMVY  is  done  by  the respective State and UT Governments.

Further, to facilitate the beneficiaries for tracking the status of their applications and payment, a 'Track and Search' feature is available on the PMMVY portal to show real time location and status of Application. Also, a Grievance redressal module has been implemented to lodge and track any PMMVY related grievances by any beneficiary.

The  Ministry  conducts  various  awareness  programs  including  those  on  Maternity Benefits through SANKALP-Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW) scheme for all States/UTs. It includes various Information, Education and Communication (IEC) and Behavior  Change  Communication  (BCC) activities  such  as  Prabhat  Pheri,  Nukkad Natak, Newspaper Advertisements, Airing Radio Jingles, Selfie Campaign, Door to Door Campaign, Community Programmes which are conducted at field functionary levels. Further, the Ministry is also running special campaign for registration of eligible beneficiaries in all the States and UTs under PMMVY on a periodic basis.

As  per  the  Special  Bulletin  on  Maternal  Mortality  Ratio  (MMR)  released  by  the Registrar General of India (RGI), the current MMR of the country is 97 per lakh live births. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) from 2016-18 to 2018-20 for India, and for the State of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh is given in the table below:

| MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (per 1,00,000 live births)   | MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (per 1,00,000 live births)   | MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (per 1,00,000 live births)   | MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO (per 1,00,000 live births)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| India/ State                                          | 2016-18                                               | 2017-19                                               | 2018-20                                               |
| India                                                 | 113                                                   | 103                                                   | 97                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                             | 71                                                    | 61                                                    | 56                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                         | 197                                                   | 167                                                   | 167                                                   |

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 4822 FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2025 REGARDING STATUS OF PMMV YOJANA

Statement showing State/ UT-wise number of beneficiaries enrolled, beneficiaries paid and amount disbursed under PMMVY from inception of Scheme till 26.03.2025 :

|   Sl. No | State/ UT                   | Beneficiaries Enrolled   | Beneficiaries Paid   |   Amount Disbursed (in ₹ cr.) |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 11,236                   | 9,705                |                          4.58 |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 20,08,293                | 18,36,826            |                        845.27 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 38,950                   | 31,045               |                         14.13 |
|        4 | ASSAM                       | 15,62,593                | 13,95,817            |                        649.52 |
|        5 | BIHAR                       | 46,90,594                | 39,62,302            |                       1778.86 |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                  | 39,824                   | 38,335               |                         17.05 |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 11,62,795                | 10,68,728            |                        481.4  |
|        8 | DELHI                       | 5,63,509                 | 5,13,719             |                        236.06 |
|        9 | GOA                         | 36,043                   | 31,254               |                         14.88 |
|       10 | GUJARAT                     | 17,41,766                | 15,58,882            |                        691.31 |
|       11 | HARYANA                     | 9,80,159                 | 8,88,474             |                        412.94 |
|       12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 3,46,294                 | 3,09,023             |                        145.16 |
|       13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 4,90,965                 | 4,37,816             |                        204.78 |
|       14 | JHARKHAND                   | 11,09,410                | 9,59,608             |                        425.05 |
|       15 | KARNATAKA                   | 29,29,453                | 27,41,289            |                       1286.85 |
|       16 | KERALA                      | 12,20,889                | 11,52,480            |                        536.06 |
|       17 | LADAKH                      | 8,588                    | 7,843                |                          3.76 |
|       18 | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 3,170                    | 2,720                |                          1.06 |
|       19 | MADHYA PRADESH              | 46,51,537                | 44,79,972            |                       2102.08 |
|       20 | MAHARASHTRA                 | 42,61,070                | 37,99,578            |                       1735.73 |
|       21 | MANIPUR                     | 93,776                   | 81,287               |                         40.15 |
|       22 | MEGHALAYA                   | 74,827                   | 65,695               |                         29.97 |
|       23 | MIZORAM                     | 48,720                   | 40,980               |                         19.27 |
|       24 | NAGALAND                    | 49,660                   | 42,840               |                         21.22 |
|       25 | PUDUCHERRY                  | 44,912                   | 41,718               |                         19.99 |
|       26 | PUNJAB                      | 7,91,907                 | 7,51,824             |                        365.69 |
|       27 | RAJASTHAN                   | 28,55,996                | 26,85,907            |                       1222.02 |
|       28 | SIKKIM                      | 27,991                   | 17,353               |                          7.72 |
|       29 | TAMIL NADU                  | 20,55,661                | 16,26,109            |                        878.34 |

|   30 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU   | 26,854    | 24,386    |   10.63 |
|------|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|   31 | TRIPURA                                        | 1,44,965  | 1,35,616  |   61.58 |
|   32 | UTTAR PRADESH                                  | 67,15,887 | 61,58,851 | 2733.59 |
|   33 | UTTARAKHAND                                    | 4,44,931  | 3,95,742  |  179.57 |
|   34 | WEST BENGAL                                    | 24,12,203 | 16,38,005 |  739.11 |

Notes:

1.  The Government of Telangana is not implementing the PMMVY scheme in their State.
2.  The Government of Odisha is in the process of onboarding the PMMVY scheme in their State.
3.  This information has been taken from the PMMVY Portal (https://pmmvy.wcd.gov.in).

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