Lok Sabha Question No. 3544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Santosh Pandey, Shri Devesh Shakya, Dr. Anand Kumar, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3544 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2025

## PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA (PMMVY)

## 3544.  SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY: SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA: DR. ANAND KUMAR:

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

- (a)       the  number  of  eligible  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) particularly from economically weaker sections along with the percentage of eligible women who successfully availed its benefits indicating the funds disbursed, State-wise including Chhattisgarh and district-wise in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years;
- (b)       the  details  of  the  major  administrative  logistical  challenges  in  implementing PMMVY, especially in rural and remote areas along with the remedial steps taken in this regard;
- (c)       whether the Government is considering to extend its benefits to subsequent births to ensure better maternal and child health outcomes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)       whether PMMVY has contributed to reducing maternal mortality and improving maternal  nutrition  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  extent  to  which  it compares with other International maternal and welfare programmes;
- (e)        whether there are any reported inefficiencies, delays, or corruption issues in the fund disbursement process under PMMVY, if so, the details thereof along with the measures been taken to enhance transparency and accountability; and
- (f)         whether Government has conducted any study with regards to success and impact of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f)  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) across the country w.e.f. 01.01.2017. 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  State/  UT-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  enrolled  (including  beneficiaries  from economically  weaker  sections),  beneficiaries  paid  and  amount  disbursed  under PMMVY is placed at Annexure-I .

The district-wise data for beneficiaries enrolled (including beneficiaries from economically weaker sections), beneficiaries paid and amount disbursed for the State of Uttar Pradesh under PMMVY is placed at Annexure-II .

With  the  introduction  of  umbrella  Mission  Shakti  scheme  from  1st  April,  2022,  the number of instalments under PMMVY 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 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 ensured so that funds are directly transferred to their DBT-enabled Aadhaar-seeded bank or post office accounts.

The implementation of the Scheme is done by officials of States and UTs using the new  Software  mentioned  above  through  their  field  functionaries.  The  release  of Central funds to States and UTs is done in a timely manner provided they utilise the funds available in the State Nodal Agency (SNA) Account on time. States/UTs are regularly requested to clear the payments of beneficiaries under PMMVY Scheme.

Further, to facilitate the beneficiaries for tracking the status of their applications and payments, 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. India has seen a significant decline of 33 points in MMR from 130 in 2014-16 to 97 in 2018-20. The trend of Maternal Mortality Ratio in India, as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) given in the table below:

|   2014-16 |   2015-17 |   2016-18 |   2017-19 |   2018-20 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       130 |       122 |       113 |       103 |        97 |

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## Annexure referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question Number 3544 for  answer  on  21.03.2025  regarding  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY)

Statement  showing  State/  UT-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  enrolled  (including beneficiaries  from  economically  weaker  sections),  beneficiaries  paid  and  amount disbursed under PMMVY from Financial Year 2021-22 to Financial Year 2024-25 (till 19.03.2025):

|   Sl. No | State/ UT                   | Beneficiaries Enrolled   | Beneficiaries Paid   |   % Beneficiaries Paid | Amount Disbursed (in ₹ cr.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 5,288                    | 3,980                |                  75.26 | 1.79                          |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 8,55,723                 | 6,61,671             |                  77.32 | 360.46                        |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 16,860                   | 11,614               |                  68.88 | 5.55                          |
|        4 | ASSAM                       | 8,70,118                 | 7,16,034             |                  82.29 | 376.43                        |
|        5 | BIHAR                       | 22,68,323                | 18,18,965            |                  80.19 | 847.70                        |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                  | 17,720                   | 14,213               |                  80.21 | 7.69                          |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 6,54,458                 | 5,32,476             |                  81.36 | 264.23                        |
|        8 | DELHI                       | 3,06,807                 | 2,33,871             |                  76.23 | 142.75                        |
|        9 | GOA                         | 18,459                   | 10,932               |                  59.22 | 6.84                          |
|       10 | GUJARAT                     | 9,44,582                 | 6,10,253             |                  64.61 | 261.87                        |
|       11 | HARYANA                     | 4,61,317                 | 2,14,825             |                  46.57 | 207.01                        |
|       12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 1,67,685                 | 1,02,791             |                  61.3  | 65.99                         |
|       13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 2,77,045                 | 1,78,027             |                  64.26 | 122.83                        |
|       14 | JHARKHAND                   | 4,90,940                 | 4,01,611             |                  81.8  | 188.53                        |
|       15 | KARNATAKA                   | 15,95,050                | 12,64,589            |                  79.28 | 763.74                        |
|       16 | KERALA                      | 5,80,009                 | 4,44,899             |                  76.71 | 266.81                        |
|       17 | LADAKH                      | 4,682                    | 5,271                |                 112.58 | 2.06                          |
|       18 | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 1,942                    | 2,552                |                 131.41 | 0.65                          |
|       19 | MADHYA PRADESH              | 23,99,734                | 22,60,969            |                  94.22 | 1,042.05                      |
|       20 | MAHARASHTRA                 | 20,76,558                | 11,63,852            |                  56.05 | 809.69                        |
|       21 | MANIPUR                     | 43,600                   | 45,846               |                 105.15 | 18.56                         |
|       22 | MEGHALAYA                   | 45,172                   | 29,690               |                  65.73 | 18.64                         |
|       23 | MIZORAM                     | 25,001                   | 13,341               |                  53.36 | 8.96                          |
|       24 | NAGALAND                    | 24,219                   | 18,342               |                  75.73 | 10.08                         |
|       25 | PUDUCHERRY                  | 23,027                   | 12,991               |                  56.42 | 10.11                         |
|       26 | PUNJAB                      | 3,99,370                 | 3,76,155             |                  94.19 | 188.74                        |
|       27 | RAJASTHAN                   | 14,96,030                | 12,13,855            |                  81.14 | 619.13                        |

|   28 | SIKKIM                                       | 17,769    | 6,416     |   36.11 | 3.72     |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|----------|
|   29 | TAMIL NADU                                   | 9,75,288  | 7,89,778  |   80.98 | 254.34   |
|   30 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 13,711    | 11,347    |   82.76 | 5.79     |
|   31 | TRIPURA                                      | 67,957    | 55,634    |   81.87 | 28.12    |
|   32 | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 28,38,851 | 17,94,097 |   63.2  | 1,243.15 |
|   33 | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 2,59,338  | 2,23,724  |   86.27 | 98.22    |
|   34 | WEST BENGAL                                  | 11,42,672 | 11,086    |    0.97 | 394.20   |

## 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.  The  percentage  of  beneficiaries  paid  can  be  greater  than  100%,  as  some beneficiaries registered in previous Financial Years  have  received the payments in the next Financial Year.
4.  This information has been taken from the PMMVY Portal (https://pmmvy.wcd.gov.in).

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question Number 3544 for  answer  on  21.03.2025  regarding  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY)

Statement showing district-wise data for beneficiaries enrolled (including beneficiaries from economically weaker sections), beneficiaries paid and amount disbursed for the State of Uttar Pradesh under PMMVY from Financial Year 2021-22 to Financial Year 2024-25 (till 19.03.2025):

| Sl No                  | District               | Beneficiaries Enrolled   | Beneficiaries Paid   |   %of Beneficiaries Paid |   Amount Disbursed (₹ in Cr.) |
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1                      | AGRA                   | 54,881                   | 50,596               |                    92.19 |                         24.47 |
| 2                      | ALIGARH                | 55,846                   | 52,284               |                    93.62 |                         24.98 |
| 3                      | AMBEDKAR NAGAR         | 36,986                   | 37,637               |                   101.76 |                         16.9  |
| 4                      | AMETHI                 | 31,965                   | 30,330               |                    94.89 |                         12.13 |
| 5                      | AMROHA                 | 26,446                   | 26,915               |                   101.77 |                         12.95 |
| 6                      | AURAIYA                | 18,339                   | 17,023               |                    92.82 |                          7.32 |
| 7                      | AYODHYA                | 35,998                   | 33,946               |                    94.3  |                         15.29 |
| 8                      | AZAMGARH               | 50,871                   | 48,952               |                    96.23 |                         21.69 |
| 9                      | BAGHPAT                | 21,091                   | 18,793               |                    89.1  |                          8.93 |
| 10 BAHRAICH            | 10 BAHRAICH            | 78,992                   | 73,219               |                    92.69 |                         35.28 |
| 11 BALLIA              | 11 BALLIA              | 37,131                   | 36,686               |                    98.8  |                         17.37 |
| 12 BALRAMPUR           | 12 BALRAMPUR           | 35,280                   | 28,705               |                    81.36 |                         13.55 |
| 13 BANDA               | 13 BANDA               | 23,669                   | 23,842               |                   100.73 |                         11.58 |
| 14 BARABANKI           | 14 BARABANKI           | 43,650                   | 41,585               |                    95.27 |                         20.05 |
| 15 BAREILLY            | 15 BAREILLY            | 72,787                   | 68,896               |                    94.65 |                         32.22 |
| 16 BASTI               | 16 BASTI               | 41,028                   | 36,540               |                    89.06 |                         16.07 |
| 17 BHADOHI             | 17 BHADOHI             | 23,357                   | 20,572               |                    88.08 |                          8.52 |
| 18 BIJNOR              | 18 BIJNOR              | 60,426                   | 57,537               |                    95.22 |                         28.45 |
| 19 BUDAUN              | 19 BUDAUN              | 43,492                   | 42,008               |                    96.59 |                         17.9  |
| 20 BULANDSHAHR         | 20 BULANDSHAHR         | 46,085                   | 46,887               |                   101.74 |                         22.24 |
| 21 CHANDAULI           | 21 CHANDAULI           | 23,513                   | 20,584               |                    87.54 |                          9.45 |
| 22 CHITRAKOOT          | 22 CHITRAKOOT          | 17,862                   | 17,679               |                    98.98 |                          8.38 |
| 23 DEORIA              | 23 DEORIA              | 40,127                   | 40,803               |                   101.68 |                         18.99 |
| 24 ETAH                | 24 ETAH                | 22,881                   | 19,598               |                    85.65 |                          8.38 |
| 25 ETAWAH              | 25 ETAWAH              | 16,930                   | 16,775               |                    99.08 |                          7.24 |
| 26 FARRUKHABAD         | 26 FARRUKHABAD         | 33,575                   | 33,282               |                    99.13 |                         15.22 |
| 27 FATEHPUR            | 27 FATEHPUR            | 23,199                   | 22,279               |                    96.03 |                          9.55 |
| 28 FIROZABAD           | 28 FIROZABAD           | 25,935                   | 22,839               |                    88.06 |                          9.8  |
| 29 GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR | 29 GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR | 15,496                   | 14,330               |                    92.48 |                          6.37 |
| 30 GHAZIABAD           | 30 GHAZIABAD           | 79,391                   | 68,822               |                    86.69 |                         32.45 |

| 31 GHAZIPUR          | 45,265   | 44,515   |   98.34 |   19.45 |
|----------------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
| 32 GONDA             | 39,206   | 38,204   |   97.44 |   18.44 |
| 33 GORAKHPUR         | 51,153   | 49,792   |   97.34 |   22.55 |
| 34 HAMIRPUR          | 17,438   | 17,079   |   97.94 |    7.63 |
| 35 HAPUR             | 15,872   | 13,817   |   87.05 |    6.4  |
| 36 HARDOI            | 51,864   | 53,545   |  103.24 |   25.55 |
| 37 HATHRAS           | 30,363   | 24,055   |   79.22 |   11    |
| 38 JALAUN            | 29,363   | 27,265   |   92.85 |   13.14 |
| 39 JAUNPUR           | 50,960   | 50,700   |   99.49 |   24.41 |
| 40 JHANSI            | 25,824   | 24,240   |   93.87 |   10.72 |
| 41 KANNAUJ           | 17,667   | 17,403   |   98.51 |    8.12 |
| 42 KANPUR DEHAT      | 27,079   | 25,670   |   94.8  |   11.79 |
| 43 KANPUR NAGAR      | 51,212   | 48,748   |   95.19 |   21.84 |
| 44 KASGANJ           | 20,886   | 20,536   |   98.32 |    9.09 |
| 45 KAUSHAMBI         | 31,334   | 28,447   |   90.79 |   13.63 |
| 46 KHERI             | 57,081   | 55,240   |   96.77 |   25.34 |
| 47 KUSHI NAGAR       | 44,442   | 41,316   |   92.97 |   17.91 |
| 48 LALITPUR          | 18,646   | 17,349   |   93.04 |    7.82 |
| 49 LUCKNOW           | 42,307   | 38,994   |   92.17 |   18.14 |
| 50 MAHARAJGANJ       | 50,711   | 50,402   |   99.39 |   21.79 |
| 51 MAHOBA            | 15,359   | 14,337   |   93.35 |    6.86 |
| 52 MAINPURI          | 23,441   | 21,702   |   92.58 |    9.55 |
| 53 MATHURA           | 32,287   | 31,369   |   97.16 |   14.29 |
| 54 MAU               | 25,675   | 25,452   |   99.13 |   12.01 |
| 55 MEERUT            | 39,888   | 40,998   |  102.78 |   19.56 |
| 56 MIRZAPUR          | 40,774   | 38,711   |   94.94 |   18.72 |
| 57 MORADABAD         | 49,012   | 45,792   |   93.43 |   21.61 |
| 58 MUZAFFARNAGAR     | 43,758   | 39,069   |   89.28 |   19.32 |
| 59 PILIBHIT          | 26,570   | 26,157   |   98.45 |   10.91 |
| 60 PRATAPGARH        | 47,340   | 45,628   |   96.38 |   22.09 |
| 61 PRAYAGRAJ         | 71,123   | 68,370   |   96.13 |   31.65 |
| 62 RAE BARELI        | 30,027   | 30,821   |  102.64 |   13.51 |
| 63 RAMPUR            | 47,425   | 42,296   |   89.19 |   19.9  |
| 64 SAHARANPUR        | 54,850   | 56,600   |  103.19 |   28.7  |
| 65 SAMBHAL           | 28,562   | 28,989   |  101.49 |   13.77 |
| 66 SANT KABEER NAGAR | 26,235   | 25,304   |   96.45 |   11.57 |
| 67 SHAHJAHANPUR      | 54,957   | 53,972   |   98.21 |   25.46 |
| 68 SHAMLI            | 24,541   | 21,688   |   88.37 |   10.56 |
| 69 SHRAVASTI         | 13,623   | 11,901   |   87.36 |    4.87 |
| 70 SIDDHARTH NAGAR   | 34,320   | 29,068   |   84.7  |   12.26 |
| 71 SITAPUR           | 76,973   | 73,642   |   95.67 |   34.42 |
| 72 SONBHADRA         | 26,606   | 22,249   |   83.62 |    9.63 |
| 73 SULTANPUR         | 37,093   | 37,944   |  102.29 |   17.67 |
| 74 UNNAO             | 51,363   | 48,635   |   94.69 |   22.22 |
| 75 VARANASI          | 61,147   | 53,813   |   88.01 |   23.56 |

Notes:

1.  The  percentage  of  beneficiaries  paid  can  be  greater  than  100%,  as  some beneficiaries registered in previous Financial Years  have  received the payments in the next Financial Year.
2.  This information has been taken from the PMMVY Portal (https://pmmvy.wcd.gov.in).

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