Lok Sabha Question No. 5726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-27
Subject: Implementation of PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5726 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMMVY

## 5726.  DR. BHOLA SINGH:

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

- (a)         the  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY) during the last three years, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)       the number of beneficiaries registered under PMMVY in Bulandshahr district during the said period;
- (c)         whether  the  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  mechanism  under  PMMVY  has  improved  the timeliness of maternity benefit payments, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)        the  details  of  the  steps  taken  to  integrate  PMMVY  implementation  with  health monitoring systems under the National Health Mission?

## ANSWER

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

(a)         The  number  of  beneficiaries  paid  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY)  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  including  Uttar  Pradesh  are  placed  at Annexure .

(b)       A total of 35,697 beneficiaries has been enrolled under PMMVY in Bulandshahr district from 01.04.2022 till 23.03.2026.

(c)        Normally, maternity benefits under PMMVY are deposited directly in the bank/ post office account of eligible beneficiaries within 30 days from the date of successful registration in the PMMVY portal. A number of improvements have been made in the implementation of the PMMVY to improve the timeliness of maternity benefit payments under PMMVY. Some of these improvements are mentioned below:

- i. New portal for PMMVY, which is completely paperless was launched in March 2023. As per earlier Guideline, physical forms were required to be filled and uploaded  in  the  earlier  PMMVY-CAS  portal  for  onward  process.  In  new system, physical application forms have been eliminated and complete online solution has been given.
- ii. Payments are through Adhaar Bridge Payment System [ABPS] as PMMVY portal is enabled for Aadhar-based biometric verification (by means of facial recognition) to confirm identity details of the applicants.
- iii. All  the  mandatory  provisions  like  Aadhaar  verification,  DBT  enablement  of bank account etc. are checked at the time of registration for faster processing.
- iv. Search and Track Status for all enrolled beneficiaries to check the approval and payment status of their applications.
- v. Grievance Lodging and status module for all citizens to lodge any PMMVY related grievance. The Module directly sends the grievance to the implementing authorities thus saving time and leads to swifter resolution.
- vi. PMMVY toll-free and multi lingual helpline (1515) is available for PMMVY related  enquiries  and  grievances.  For  transparency  purposes,  the  Applicants/ beneficiaries receive SMS in one of the 12 languages at different stages such as registration of application, rejection of registration, payment etc.
- vii. PMMVY Portal is LGD complaint till AWC level. LGD Seeding is introduced up to State/District/Block/ Village/GP/Ward level.
- viii. Open  API  allows  the  freedom  to  share  data  with  other  Central  and  State Ministry/Department.
- ix. MIS Data can be generated at State/ District/ Block/ Village/ Ward/ Project/ Sector/ Anganwadi level for detailed monitoring/ analysis.
- x. PMMVY portal will be used by Anganwadi/ ASHA workers for data centric operations and viewing reports.
- xi. Available database of the PW&LM from Poshan Tracker is used to create a 'Due  List' of potential beneficiaries  on  PMMVY  Portal  accessible  at AWW/ASHA level.

(d)       The Mother and Child Protection (MCP) Card is issued by the Government of India under National Health Mission (NHM). Under PMMVY Rules, the MCP Card has been made the primary verification tool for verifying the fulfilment of the conditionalities by beneficiaries for availing maternity benefit under PMMVY. Under NHM, various steps have been taken by the Government to strengthen the maternal health services including Ante Natal Care checkup and institutional delivery services for all pregnant women across the country. Key amongst them are as follows:

- MCP  Card  and  Safe  Motherhood  Booklet are  distributed  to  the pregnant  women  for  educating  them  on  diet,  rest,  danger  signs  of pregnancy, benefit schemes and institutional deliveries.
- Monthly Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) an outreach activity at Anganwadi centres ensures provision of maternal and childcare in convergence with the ICDS.
- Outreach camps are provisioned for improving the reach of health care services especially in tribal and hard to reach areas. This platform is used to increase awareness the Maternal & Child health services, community mobilization as well as to track high risk pregnancies.
- Regular IEC/ Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) is  also  a part  of  all  the  schemes  for  greater  demand  generation. Health  and nutrition education through mass and social media is also promoted to improve healthy practices and to generate demand for service uptake.
- Janani  Shishu  Suraksha  Karyakram  (JSSK) entitles  all  pregnant woman delivering in public health institutions to have absolutely free and no expense delivery, including caesarean section. The entitlements include free drugs, consumables, free diet during stay, free diagnostics, free  transportation  and  free  blood  transfusion,  if  required.  Similar entitlements are also in place for sick infants up to one year of age.
- Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) provides pregnant women a fixed day, free of cost, assured and quality antenatal check up by a Specialist/Medical Officer on the 9th day of every month.

Extended PMSMA strategy  ensures  quality  antenatal  care  (ANC)  to  pregnant  women, especially  to  high-risk  pregnant  (HRP)  women  and  individual  HRP  tracking  until  a  safe delivery is achieved by means of financial incentivization for the identified high-risk pregnant women and accompanying ASHA for extra 3 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 pregnant woman and new-born visiting public  health  facilities  to  end  all  preventable  maternal  and  newborn deaths.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER  5726  FOR  ANSWER  ON  27.03.2026  REGARDING  IMPLEMENTATION  OF PMMVY

Number of beneficiaries paid under PMMVY from 01.04.2022 till 23.03.2026:

|   Sl NoState/ | UT                          | Beneficiaries Paid   |
|---------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|             1 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS   | 5,069                |
|             2 | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 10,52,936            |
|             3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 16,871               |
|             4 | ASSAM                       | 8,22,031             |
|             5 | BIHAR                       | 20,29,218            |
|             6 | CHANDIGARH                  | 18,040               |
|             7 | CHHATTISGARH                | 9,24,892             |
|             8 | DADRA&NAGARHAVELI&DAMAN&DIU | 20,860               |
|             9 | DELHI                       | 3,27,272             |
|            10 | GOA                         | 22,273               |
|            11 | GUJARAT                     | 12,41,909            |
|            12 | HARYANA                     | 5,46,772             |
|            13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 1,95,092             |
|            14 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 3,20,351             |
|            15 | JHARKHAND                   | 6,86,244             |
|            16 | KARNATAKA                   | 21,40,436            |
|            17 | KERALA                      | 6,22,707             |
|            18 | LADAKH                      | 6,020                |
|            19 | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 2,656                |
|            20 | MADHYAPRADESH               | 29,56,388            |
|            21 | MAHARASHTRA                 | 21,36,567            |
|            22 | MANIPUR                     | 45,989               |
|            23 | MEGHALAYA                   | 41,281               |
|            24 | MIZORAM                     | 23,812               |
|            25 | NAGALAND                    | 25,343               |
|            26 | ODISHA                      | 94,883               |
|            27 | PUDUCHERRY                  | 25,977               |
|            28 | PUNJAB                      | 5,10,336             |
|            29 | RAJASTHAN                   | 20,13,852            |
|            30 | SIKKIM                      | 11,345               |
|            31 | TAMIL NADU                  | 14,17,773            |
|            32 | TRIPURA                     | 99,136               |
|            33 | UTTAR PRADESH               | 24,27,127            |
|            34 | UTTARAKHAND                 | 3,05,037             |
|            35 | WEST BENGAL                 | 8,68,049             |

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