Lok Sabha Question No. 5585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: PMMVY Coverage and  Access Gaps
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5585

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2025

## PMMVY COVERAGE AND ACCESS GAPS

## 5585.  SHRI AMRINDER SINGH RAJA WARRING:

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

- (a) the number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) since its inception in Punjab, year-wise;
- (b) whether  the  ministry  has  identified  barriers  such  as  social  norms,  cultural beliefs and lack of awareness that hinder timely pregnancy registration and access to PMMVY benefits particularly in rural areas, if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken to address them;
- (c) the details of the initiatives undertaken to increase awareness about PMMVY benefits and promote early Antenatal Care (ANC) especially in rural regions;
- (d) the details of the coverage of ANC in Punjab with regard to first, second, third, and complete ANC check-ups; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  to  improve  the  coverage/quality  of  maternal healthcare services to ensure that PMMVY beneficiaries receive comprehensive antenatal care, particularly in regions with poorer coverage?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The year-wise number of beneficiaries enrolled, beneficiaries paid and amount disbursed under PMMVY in the State of Punjab is given below:

| Financial Year   | Beneficiaries Enrolled   | Beneficiaries Paid   |   Amount Disbursed (₹ in crores) |
|------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2017-18          | 60,052                   | 38,074               |                             7.86 |
| 2018-19          | 1,17,401                 | 1,27,520             |                            59.77 |
| 2019-20          | 1,06,767                 | 1,05,641             |                            50.08 |
| 2020-21          | 1,05,737                 | 82,254               |                            41.57 |

| 2021-22   | 81,212   | 47,089   |   19.11 |
|-----------|----------|----------|---------|
| 2022-23   | 91,021   | 1,41,304 |   68.4  |
| 2023-24   | 1,26,948 | 83,221   |   39.47 |
| 2024-25   | 1,04,650 | 2,03,913 |   79.42 |

(b)        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. 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 and 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 and 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.

(c)  to  (e)  Under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  the  Government  of  India  has undertaken  following  initiatives  to  promote  early  Antenatal  Care  (ANC)  across  the country including rural regions.

- Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), is a demand promotion and conditional cash transfer scheme for promoting institutional delivery.
- Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) entitles every pregnant woman to free  delivery,  including  caesarean  section,  in  public  health  institutions  along

with  the  provision  of  free  transport,  diagnostics,  medicines,  blood,  other consumables and diet.

- Pradhan  Mantri  Surakshit  Matritva  Abhiyan  (PMSMA)  provides  pregnant women a fixed day, free of cost assured and quality antenatal checkup by an obstetrician/Specialist/Medical Officer on the 9th day of every month. Extended PMSMA strategy was launched to ensure quality ANC to pregnant women, especially to high-risk pregnancy (HRP) women, and individual HRP tracking until  a  safe  delivery  is  achieved  through  financial  incentivization  for  the identified high-risk pregnant women and accompanying ASHA for extra three visits over and above the PMSMA visit.
- Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) provides assured, dignified, respectful and quality healthcare at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting public health facilities to end all preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
- Monthly Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) is an outreach activity at Anganwadi centers for provision of maternal and child care including nutrition in convergence with the ICDS.
- Outreach camps are provisioned to improve the reach of health care services, especially in tribal and hard-to-reach areas. This platform is used to increase awareness  for  the  Maternal  and  Child  health  services  and  community mobilization as well as to track high-risk pregnancies.

The details of the coverage of ANC in Punjab during last three years is given below:

| 2021-22                                                  | 2021-22                                                                                                                  | 2021-22                              | 2022-23                                                         | 2022-23                                                                                                      | 2022-23                                                | 2023-24                                                  | 2023-24                                                                                                   | 2023-24                                                  |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Total numbe r of new pre gnant wome n registered for ANC | Out of th e total N EW ANC registere d, numbe r register ed within 1st trime ster (with in 12 wee ks) Number of ant en C | Wom recei ved 4 or more AN check ups | Pregn Total nu mber of new pre gnant w omen re gistered for ANC | Out of th e total N EW ANC registere d, numb er regist ered wit hin 1st tr imester ( within 12 weeks) Number | of Preg nant Wo men rec eived 4 or more ANC ch eck ups | Total nu mber of new Pre gnantW omen re gistered for ANC | Out of th e total N EW ANC registere d, numb er regist ered wit hin 1st tr imester ( within 12 weeks) f t | Number o Pregnan Women received 4 or more ANC chec k ups |
| 4,31,209                                                 | 3,40,220                                                                                                                 | 3,28,473                             | 4,41,818                                                        | 3,55,585                                                                                                     | 3,53,843                                               | 4,28,048                                                 | 3,46,195                                                                                                  | 3,57,100                                                 |

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