(a) the steps taken to provide early registration, medical and other benefits to pregnant women;
(b) whether the Government has reviewed the programmes being run for the pregnant women and if so, the outcome thereof;
(c) the State-wise details of the fund allocated for this in the last financial year 2018-19; and
(d) whether the fund allocated under this scheme has been spent as per the guidelines and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is taking following steps to provide early registration, medical and other benefits to pregnant women:
(i) Tracking of eligible couple under RCH portal for early registration of pregnancy.
(ii) Name Based Web enabled Tracking of Pregnant Women to ensure antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care.
(iii) Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Days in rural areas as an outreach activity, for provision of maternal and child health services.
(iv) Promotion of institutional deliveries and early registration of pregnancy through Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
Apart from this, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017. Under PMMVY, cash incentive of ?5,000/- is provided in three installments to eligible Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) during the period of pregnancy and lactation for the first living child to improve health seeking behaviour amongst them. The first installment of ?1,000/- is provided to the eligible beneficiary for early registration of the pregnancy. At least one Ante-Natal Check-up (ANC) is necessary to avail second installment of ?2,000/-. The third installment of ?2,000/- is provided to the eligible beneficiaries on the registration of the birth of the child and completion of first cycle of BCG, OPV and Hepatitis-B or its equivalent/substitute. Further, under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), the pregnant woman is provided facility of institutional delivery as well as monetary benefit.
(b) The PMMVY is reviewed periodically through Video Conferences with States/UTs and thorugh National and Regional level workshops. As outcome of the reviews, the uptake of the scheme has increased and more beneficiaries are brought under the ambit of the scheme.
(c) The State/UT-wise details of funds released under PMMVY during the year 2018-19 are Annexed.
(d) The funds released under PMMVY are spent by the State Governments/UT Administrations as per the guidelines of the scheme.
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Annexure
Statement referred to in part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1091 for 22.11.2019 raised by Shri Pankaj Chaudhary regarding Benefits to Pregnant Women
State/UT-wise details of funds released during 2018-19 under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
Sl. No. State/UT Central share of Funds Released to States/UTs
(? in lakh)
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 41.13
2. Andhra Pradesh 14101.75
3. Arunachal Pradesh 36.00
4. Assam 817.00
5. Bihar 1253.00
6. Chandigarh 248.08
7. Chhattisgarh 2025.85
8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 75.85
9. Daman & Diu 28.98
10. Delhi 107.26
11. Goa 5958.97
12. Gujarat 3674.84
13. Haryana 1793.84
14. Himachal Pradesh 828.42
15. Jammu & Kashmir 1453.37
16. Jharkhand 6361.72
17. Karnataka 3514.27
18. Kerala 4.44
19. Lakshadweep 18581.47
20. Madhya Pradesh 11795.62
21. Maharashtra 75.00
22. Manipur 102.00
23. Meghalaya 294.70
24. Mizoram 52.00
25. Nagaland 795.75
26. Odisha 383.00
27. Puducherry 63.53
28. Punjab 1141.42
29. Rajasthan 9605.43
30. Sikkim 21.00
31. Tamil Nadu 658.00
32. Telangana 385.00
33. Tripura 96.00
34. Uttar Pradesh 14216.71
35. Uttarakhand 1425.66
36. West Bengal 2938.72
Grand Total 1,04,955.77